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Final Exam: NR571 / NR 571 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Complex Diagnosis and Management in Acute Care Practicum | Review Study Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain$7.99
Final Exam: NR571 / NR 571 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Complex Diagnosis and Management in Acute Care Practicum | Review Study Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Final Exam: NR571 / NR 571 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Complex Diagnosis and Management in Acute Care Practicum | Review Study Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Answer:
-Fatty infiltration of the liver in the abs...
Final Exam: NR571 / NR 571 (Latest
Update ) Complex
Diagnosis and Management in Acute
Care Practicum | Review Study
Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Answer:
-Fatty infiltration of the liver in the absence of significant alcohol
consumption, chronic hepatotoxic, medication use, and hereditary disorders
-May progress to simple steatosis (fatty hepatitis), fibrosis, cirrhosis, as well as
hepatocellular carcinoma
Question:
NASH
Answer:
The presence of hepatic injury with inflammation with or without fibrosis
constitutes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Question:
Patients with NAFLD are more likely to have ______________ risk factors
which contribute to an increase in morbidity and mortality beyond associated
with chronic liver disease alone.
Answer:
Cardiovascular
Question:
Most patients with NAFLD are __________ and as the disease progresses
symptoms are associated with _________ or ___________.
Answer:
Asymptomatic
Hepatitis
Hepatic failure
,Question:
Liver function tests are _________ in a majority of NAFLD patients.
Answer:
Normal or mildly elevated
Question:
_________ is a marker of increased mortality and patience with NAFLD
Answer:
Increased GGT
Question:
Gold standard for diagnosis of NAFLD and NASH
Answer:
Liver biopsy
Question:
Treatment for NAFLD and NASH
Answer:
-Weight loss (5-10% reduction)
-calorie restriction carbohydrate reduction
-increased exercise to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
, -Bariatric surgery if unsuccessful in weight loss attempts
-prioritizing control of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, adequate glycemic
control
-risk scoring for patients with metabolic syndrome {NAFLD-MS}
-hepatologist or gastroenterologist
-clinical trials with anti-fibrotic, anti-apoptotic, and immunotherapies for
NAFLD
Question:
What does it mean if someone has anti-HCV positive; HCV RNA negative test
results?
Answer:
Suggestive of a previous infection with HCV and recovery
Question:
What is the most effective treatment for NAFLD?
Answer:
Sustained weight loss
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