FANAROFF CHAPTER 91 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS { GRADED A+}

FANAROFF CHAPTER 91 EXAM

QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED

ANSWERS { GRADED A+}




one of three biologically active end products of heme catabolism -

✔✔bilirubin


Bilirubin can deposit in the skin and mucous membranes producing ? -

✔✔jaundice or icterus


________ represents the combined processes of bilirubin production

and bilirubin elimination from the body - ✔✔the serum (or plasma)

total bilirubin (TB) concentration

, The degree of bilirubin production relative to bilirubin may be so great

that bilirubin may deposit in the brain causing ? - ✔✔acute bilirubin

encephalopathy (ABE)

Chronic bilirubin encephalopathy with resultant permanent neuronal

damage can cause a form of cerebral palsy known as? - ✔✔kernicterus


T/F? Throughout life, there is a continuum of bilirubin production and

elimination from the body - ✔✔TRUE


Ongoing lysis of RBCs, whether physiologic or at increased rates (due to

hemolysis), releases ______, the oxygen carrying component of

hemoglobin - ✔✔heme


Heme is catalyzed by ________ and then converted to biliverdin and

subsequently bilirubin - ✔✔heme oxygenase (HO)


Bilirubin in its unconjugated form is transported to the liver bound to

________ - ✔✔albumin