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A 32-year-old man has a history of multiple and recurrent pulmonary infections since childhood. He also has noted foul smelling stools for the past 10 years. Laboratory studies show an elevated sweat chloride test. He has a quantitative stool fat of 10 g/day. A deficiency state involving which of the following nutrients is most likely to develop in this patient?

A Vitamin B1

B Vitamin D

C Iron

D Calcium

E Folic acid



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  #2

vit. D

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  #3

Cystic fibrosis-------->Malabsorption-----------> Fat soluble vitamin deficiency( D,A,E,K)

Ans: B


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  #4

all fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K


  #5

nod

  #6

Choice B - Vitamin D since it's a fat soluble vitamin which would be deficient in CF patients because of pancreatic insufficiency.


  #7

B is the answer

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silver wrote:
vit. D

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  #9

cystic fibrosis leadz to pancreatis insufficiency which result in the malabsorption, there is a deficiency of fat soluble vitamins including A,D,E,K...

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