Fatty Acid Synthesis & Malonyl-CoA | USMLE Step 1
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A 46-year-old woman receives parenteral nutrition after extensive small-bowel resection. Four weeks later, ultrasonography shows new hepatic steatosis. A nutrition review finds that the dextrose infusion supplies substantially more energy than she expends; the prescribed lipid dose is within the recommended range. The team reduces the excess dextrose delivery.