The ER physician sent a sample of John’s blood to a commercial lab to be tested for poisoning. Upon getting this result, Dr. Jones starts John on bicarbonate, glucose, and an ethanol drip.

Why was the ethanol IV drip used?

• A. To compete with ethylene glycol for acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.
• B. To compete with ethylene glycol for alcohol dehydrogenase.
• C. To compete with ethylene glycol for transport across the blood brain barrier.
• D. To compete with ethylene glycol for transport across the renal tubules.
• E. To provide reducing equivalents for detoxifying ethylene glycol.
• F. Methyl-malonyl-CoA mutase deficiency

INSTRUCTIONS:

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3. Your team reporter should now enter your team's answer in Benware. The whole-class discussion of this application exercise will take place verbally as usual.