<prompt> Please answer with one of the option in the bracket. Write reasoning in between . Write answer in between .Q:A 33-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after she was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. She reports severe pelvic pain. Her pulse is 124min and blood pressure is 8056 mm Hg. Physical examination shows instability of the pelvic ring. As part of the initial emergency treatment, she receives packed red blood cell transfusions. Suddenly, the patient starts bleeding from peripheral venous catheter insertion sites. Laboratory studies show decreased platelets, prolonged prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time, and elevated D-dimer. A peripheral blood smear of this patient is most likely to show which of the following findings?? A: Erythrocytes with irregular, thorny projections, B: Crescent-shaped, fragmented erythrocytes, C: Grouped erythrocytes with a stacked-coin appearance, D: Erythrocytes with a bullseye appearance, E: Erythrocytes with cytoplasmic hemoglobin inclusions,  <response>: This is a question about identifying laboratory findings associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC. The patient was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision and has signs of severe pelvic trauma, significant blood loss, and evidence of DIC based on the lab results showing decreased platelets, prolonged PTPTT, and elevated D-dimer. DIC results in widespread microvascular thrombosis and consumption of clotting factors and platelets. The peripheral blood smear in DIC would be most likely to show schistocytes, which are fragmented red blood cells that have a crescent shape due to damage from thrombi in the microcirculation.B: Crescent-shaped, fragmented erythrocytes 