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