A 3-Day-Old Boy Is Brought to the Office Due to Poor

question 154

Multiple Choice

A 3-day-old boy is brought to the office due to poor feeding, vomiting, and progressive lethargy.  The parents also report that his diapers have a "burnt sugar smell" differing from their previous children's diapers.  The mother and infant were discharged from the hospital yesterday after a normal pregnancy and spontaneous vaginal delivery.  The mother is exclusively breastfeeding.  Her other 2 children are healthy and have no medical problems.  Physical examination shows a lethargic infant with dry mucous membranes and generalized hypertonia.  Which of the following should be restricted from this infant's diet?

• A)Galactose
• B)Leucine
• C)Methionine
• D)Phenylalanine
• E)Tyrosine

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a particular statistic derived from a random sample.

Simple Random Samples

Samples drawn in such a way that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, ensuring that the sample represents the population well.

Proportion

A statistic that measures the fraction of the total number of items in a set that are of a particular category or characteristic.