The nurse is most suspicious of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in which patient who presents with jaundice and fatigue after receiving an antimalarial drug?

Jewish patient from Kurdistan. G6PD deficiency is a genetic disorder that causes hemolysis due to instability of the red blood cell wall in certain settings. It is prevalent in most Jewish people from Kurdistan (60-70%); therefore, the nurse is most suspicious of jaundice in this patient. Sardinians have the next highest prevalence at 4-35%. Japanese have less than a 1% prevalence of the disorder. Individuals from India have a 3% prevalence rate.

The nurse is most suspicious of glucose-6-phosphat...

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