OST 575 - Exam #3 Questions And Correct
Answers --> Cirrhosis.
Distortion of the hepatic vasculature causing shunting of portal and arterial blood supply directly
into hepatic outflow (central veins) and the compromise of exchange between hepatic sinusoids
and the adjacent liver parenchyma (...
Distortion of the hepatic vasculature causing shunting of portal and arterial blood supply directly
into hepatic outflow (central veins) and the compromise of exchange between hepatic sinusoids
and the adjacent liver parenchyma (i.e hepatocytes) is characteristic of what liver disorder? -
answer✔Liver cirrhosis
What are the clinical consequences of liver cirrhosis? - answer✔impaired *hepatocyte* function
increased intrahepatic resistance (portal hypertension)
development of *hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)*
What are the major complications of Liver cirrhosis? - answer✔variceal hemorrhage
Ascites
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
hepatic encephalopathy
hepatocellular carcinoma
How does portal hypertension occur? - answer✔increase in hepatic venous pressure gradient
increase in resistance to portal venous outflow
What is the term used to describe the accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity? -
answer✔Ascites (MOST common complication of cirrhosis)
How do ascites develop? - answer✔development of *portal hypertension* causes sodium
retention which leads to FLUID retention
What is the term used to describe an infection of pre-existing ascitic fluid WITHOUT evidence
for an intra-abdominal secondary source, such as a *perforated viscous*? - answer✔Spontaneous
bacterial peritonitis
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