Liver
What caused serum albumin to be low in chronic liver failure?
What is impaired protein synthesis?
What makes up gall stone(cholelithiasis)?
What is Cholesterol?
What is the most common cause of pancreatitis, but not the only cause?
What is Alcohol?
Why would a nurse cautiously use sedatives for a patient with cirrhosis?
What is liver toxicity with the use of sedatives?
Tylenol administration should not exceed how many mg in a 24 hour period?
What is Tylenol 4000mg?
What lab tests indicate liver damage?
What is ALT and AST?
What class of drug binds with circulating bile acids for excretion into the stool? (Often used to reduce itching)
What is a bile acid sequestrant?
What lab findings are consistent with pancreatitis?
What is elevated serum amylase and lipase?
What is jaundice and dark-colored urine?
Important intervention before a paracentesis to prevent damage to a nearby organ.
What is asking the client to void to prevent bladder puncture?
What is a water-soluble vitamin stored in the liver?
What is Vitamin B12?
What is the term for the formation of gall stones?
What is cholelithiasis?
In pancreatitis, large amounts of what substance are released causing damage and autodigestion of the pancreas?
What are enzymes?
What are 3 nutritional interventions for a patient with acute pancreatitis?
What is aggressive hydration, low-fat diet, total alcohol abstinence?
Define caput medusae.
What is a cluster of swollen veins in the abdomen caused by portal hypertension and ascites?
Which hepatitis viruses have a vaccine?
What is HAV & HBV?
What effect does a gall stone lodged in the common bile duct have on the characteristics of the stool?
What are clay-colored stools?
What substances does the pancreas secrete? (3)
What are digestive enzymes, buffers, and insulin?
What is the medical emergency the nurse should monitor for in the patient with esophageal varicies?
What is GI bleeding? (rupture=emergency)
Which 4 fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the liver?
What is Vitamins A, D, E, K?
What type of diet should a patient be placed on post cholecystectomy?
What is a low-fat, high protein diet?
What are 3 symptoms of pancreatitis?
What is epigastric or lower upper quadrant abdominal pain, low-grade fever, nausea & vomitting.