A 61-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department After

question 95

Multiple Choice

A 61-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being found unresponsive on a sidewalk.  Paramedics notice that the patient's breath smells of alcohol and that he has vomitus in his mouth.  The patient also has agonal respirations, and cardiac monitoring shows pulseless electrical activity.  Resuscitation efforts are unsuccessful, and he is pronounced dead on arrival.  Autopsy reveals that the cause of death is airway occlusion by aspirated vomitus.  In addition, foci of hemorrhage and necrosis are seen in the mammillary bodies and gray matter surrounding the third and fourth ventricles.  This patient's brain findings are most likely associated with a decrease in which of the following?

• A)Blood protoporphyrin level
• B)Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity
• C)Erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity
• D)Erythrocyte transketolase activity
• E)Serum methylmalonic acid level
• F)Serum NADPH level

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