During your assessment of a 33-year-old female with an altered mental status, you note a fruity odor on her breath. You should:

A. treat her for cyanide poisoning.
B. ask her if she has been drinking.
C. administer a tube of oral glucose.
D. obtain a blood glucose reading.


Ans: D. obtain a blood glucose reading.

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