Which of the following classes of membrane transporters is expressed in cancer cells and implicated in limiting chemotherapy drug efficacy and promoting drug resistance?

Development of which of the following is the single greatest immediate threat to a patient with the following laboratory result?  

A teen-aged type 1 diabetic wants to “fit in” during a peer group trip and decides not to take their daily insulin injections. Ketoacidosis develops within a couple of days resulting in a visit to the ER. Which of the following statements is true concerning ketone metabolism in this patient?

Which one of the steps occurs during VLDL and LDL metabolism in a healthy person?

A patient has had a vagotomy that reduces gastric acid secretion. What will be the effect on iron absorption?

A patient with well-controlled type 1 diabetes is planning to play soccer with her teenage children for 45 minutes. What should she do before she exercises?

If the Na+/K+ pump is poisoned, the intracellular concentration of which of the following substances will increase?

A 5-year-old child is brought to the emergency department following a seizure.  The following tests were done immediately upon arrival.  Given the results, what is the most likely cause of the child’s seizure?  

An 32-year-old alcoholic, malnourished male with a traumatic brain injury is brought to the ED one hour after an automobile accident.  A hypertonic saline infusion is started to decrease intracranial pressure.  However, he develops spastic quadriplegia, pseudobulbar palsy, and coma from acute, noninflammatory demyelination centered within the basis pontis.  What is the most likely diagnosis?

A patient presents with coma and the following blood gases. What is the correct assessment of these results?