Many cancer patients develop cachexia (tissue wasting) due t…

Many cancer patients develop cachexia (tissue wasting) due to progressive loss of adipose and skeletal muscle. A significant contributing factor is that many tumor cells exhibit an abnormal metabolism of glucose called the Warburg effect. Which of the following best explains the underlying metabolic basis for how cancers cause cachexia? 

A newborn girl delivered at 35 weeks of gestation presented…

A newborn girl delivered at 35 weeks of gestation presented with low birth weight, low Apgar scores, and poor neurological status. Serum studies showed undetectable levels of glutamine. Genetic studies revealed mutations both glutamine synthetase genes. Which one of the following would be normal (not affected) in this patient?

What are the daily fluid requirements for an anuric patient…

What are the daily fluid requirements for an anuric patient (no urine output) with normal loss of fluids in the stool and normal insensible losses? Use the “per meter squared system” to solve this problem and assume that the patient’s BSA (body surface area) is 2 square meters.