NU220-B FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
true - ✔✔People with malnutrition may experience fatty liver.
a. True
b. False
false - ✔✔Fat should be restricted in the diet of all clients with cirrhosis.
a. True
b. False
elevated glucose - ✔✔Laboratory findings associated with fatty liver include all of the
following except:
a. elevated HDL
b. elevated ALT and AST
c. elevated glucose
d. elevated triglycerides
fecal-oral contamination - ✔✔The most common cause of infection with acute hepatitis
A virus is:
a. exposure to infected blood
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,b. jaundice
c. fecal-oral contamination
d. sexual contact
jaundice - ✔✔Which of the following results when bilirubin accumulates in the
bloodstream?
a. jaundice
b. ascites
c. hepatic coma
d. mental disturbances
portal hypertension - ✔✔Blood flow is impeded in a cirrhotic liver, causing:
a. portal hypertension
b. elevated cholesterol levels
c. jaundice
d. fatty liver
fluid accumulation in the abdomen - ✔✔Ascites is:
a. yellowing of the sclera of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes
b. fluid accumulation in the abdomen
c. inflammation of the liver
d. elevated blood ammonia levels
prolonged - ✔✔Prothrombin time in liver disease patients will be:
a. irrelevant
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, b. decreased
c. prolonged
d. normal
urea - ✔✔In liver disease, blood ammonia levels rise because the liver cannot convert
the ammonia to:
a. nitrogen
b. amino acids
c. urea
d. sodium
e. ammonia
diuretic - ✔✔Furosemide is a drug often used to treat the symptoms of cirrhosis. It is
a(n):
a. appetite stimulant
b. diuretic
c. laxative
d. antiviral
immunosuppressants - ✔✔Drug therapy for the treatment of cirrhosis includes all of the
following except:
a. antibiotics
b. appetite stimulants
c. immunosuppressants
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
true - ✔✔People with malnutrition may experience fatty liver.
a. True
b. False
false - ✔✔Fat should be restricted in the diet of all clients with cirrhosis.
a. True
b. False
elevated glucose - ✔✔Laboratory findings associated with fatty liver include all of the
following except:
a. elevated HDL
b. elevated ALT and AST
c. elevated glucose
d. elevated triglycerides
fecal-oral contamination - ✔✔The most common cause of infection with acute hepatitis
A virus is:
a. exposure to infected blood
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,b. jaundice
c. fecal-oral contamination
d. sexual contact
jaundice - ✔✔Which of the following results when bilirubin accumulates in the
bloodstream?
a. jaundice
b. ascites
c. hepatic coma
d. mental disturbances
portal hypertension - ✔✔Blood flow is impeded in a cirrhotic liver, causing:
a. portal hypertension
b. elevated cholesterol levels
c. jaundice
d. fatty liver
fluid accumulation in the abdomen - ✔✔Ascites is:
a. yellowing of the sclera of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes
b. fluid accumulation in the abdomen
c. inflammation of the liver
d. elevated blood ammonia levels
prolonged - ✔✔Prothrombin time in liver disease patients will be:
a. irrelevant
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, b. decreased
c. prolonged
d. normal
urea - ✔✔In liver disease, blood ammonia levels rise because the liver cannot convert
the ammonia to:
a. nitrogen
b. amino acids
c. urea
d. sodium
e. ammonia
diuretic - ✔✔Furosemide is a drug often used to treat the symptoms of cirrhosis. It is
a(n):
a. appetite stimulant
b. diuretic
c. laxative
d. antiviral
immunosuppressants - ✔✔Drug therapy for the treatment of cirrhosis includes all of the
following except:
a. antibiotics
b. appetite stimulants
c. immunosuppressants
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