Lesson 5 - NCM 118 (With complete solution)

LIVER correct answers cleans blood produces bile stores glycogen Right Upper Quadrant correct answers location of liver stool guaiac test correct answers test to detect hidden blood in feces most common type of fecal occult blood test (+) result = no cancer Hepatobilliary iminodiacetic Acid (HIDA) correct answers used to diagnose problems of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts aka cholescintigraphy a radioactive tracer is injected into a vein in your arm CBG test correct answers monitor the effect of diabetes medications on blood sugar levels identify blood sugar levels that are high or low esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) correct answers visual examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) correct answers procedure used to examine the bile ducts and pancreas in which an endoscope is passed backward from the digestive tract into the bile duct Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiohraphy (PTC) correct answers doctor puts a long thin needle through skin and into your liver and bile ducts liver biopsy correct answers Insertion of a needle into the liver for the aspiration of liver cells serum albumin test correct answers Measures amount of Albumin in the blood, indicative of liver function hepatic dysfunction correct answers metabolic abnormalities, malabsorption, anorexia, maldigestion, and early satiety due to ascites s/s of acute liver failure correct answers jaundice pain in RUQ ascites N/V malaise disorientation sleepiness breath may have musty or sweet odor