Increased Insensible Losses

Which of these conditions would result in increased insensible losses?

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Insensible losses occur from exhaled respiratory humidity or evaporation from the skin.

Pyrexia leads to increased sweating
Burns result large evaporative losses from the exposed areas
The majority of fluid loss in diabetic ketoacidosis is from the osmotic diuresis produced by hyperglycaemia, but there are also increased insensible losses from the respiratory tract from marked hyperventilation in response to the metabolic acidosis

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