NUR 213 Exam 1 Cirrhosis (A+ Guaranteed)

Metabolism correct answers Biomedical reactions necessary to produce energy, repair cells, and maintain life Breakdown of energy (need for cellular repair and life in general) correct answers What is metabolism? Proteins, carbs, fats (bile) correct answers What does the liver metabolize? Minerals, glycogen and fat soluble vitamins correct answers What does the liver store? Ammonia correct answers What is a toxic biproduct of protein metabolism that is converted to urea in the liver for elimination from the kidneys? K, A, B, D correct answers What are 4 fat soluble vitamins? Iron and copper correct answers What are two minerals stored by the liver? Glycogen correct answers This stores carbs for energy in the liver Bile correct answers ______ is stored in the gallbladder but produced in the liver and is important for the breakdown of fat Testosterone and estrogen correct answers What hormones does the liver metabolize? Tylenol, narcotics, sedatives (benzos), barbituates correct answers What are four medication/medication classes that are metabolized in the liver? Albumin correct answers The liver produces ______ which is a plasma protein and affects oncotic pressure Tylenol overdose (or medication overdose, in general-- of those metabolized in the liver) correct answers What is one of the only ways that you can have acute liver failure; otherwise, it is a long process because the liver repairs itself Edema, ascites, decreased BP correct answers Decreased albumin levels in the body result in Prolonged clotting times, bruising, bleeding correct answers If the liver is not producing clotting factors, what can the nurse expect to find? Low albumin correct answers ________= edema in peripheral tissues and ascites Impaired clotting factors correct answers ______________=risk for bleeding Impaired glucose metabolism correct answers ___________=alterations in blood glucose levels