Patho MN 551 Unit 5 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

A 34-year-old male patient has diagnoses of liver failure, ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy secondary to alcohol abuse. The patient's family is questioning the care team about why his abdomen is so large even though he is undernourished and emaciated. Which of the following statements most accurately underlies the explanation that a member of the care team would provide to the family? - An inordinate amount of interstitial fluid is accumulating in the patient's abdomen. The transcellular component of the intracellular fluid compartment contains far more fluid than normal. *********** The normally small transcellular fluid compartment, or third space, is becoming enlarged. Gravity-dependent plasma is accumulating in the patient's peritoneal cavity. A 31-year-old patient with a diagnosis of end-stage liver failure has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital. Arterial blood gas sampling indicates that the man has an acid-base imbalance. Which of the following situations is most likely to result in an inappropriate pH? - Renal excretion of HCO3- in the presence of excess base Transcompartmental exchange of H+ and potassium ions Low albumin and plasma globulin levels Conservation or formation of new HCO3- by the kidneys A 4-year-old boy who has been deaf since birth and has bilateral cataracts has been brought to the emergency department by his mother because she noticed blood in the toilet after he last voided. Urinalysis confirms heavy microscopic hematuria as well as proteinuria. What will the care team's initial differential diagnosis most likely be? - Immunoglobulin A nephropathy