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Globulin - correct answer 3 subtypes: alpha, beta, and gamma, Alpha & beta=
produced in hepatocytes, gamma= produced by B lymphocytes. what is this
Gamma globulin - correct answer increases in cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis, liver
fails to clear bacteria from intestine, which passes through the hepatic circulation
what is it
Pre-albumin - correct answer shorter half-life than albumin (2 days), sensitive to
change of synthetic & catabolic change, decreases in hepatic diseases, useful in
assessing drug-induced hepatotoxicity
Clotting factors - correct answer are synthesized in the liver (except factor VIII),
measurement of coagulation, best estimate of hepatic synthetic function, what is it
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Prothrombin Time (PT) - correct answer measures the activity of factors II, VII, IX, and
X, all of which are vitamin K dependent.
PT - correct answer in acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, vit K deficiency,
obstructive jaundice, and fat malabsorption, lab elevated
PT> 5 x - correct answer if ? (and not corrected by parental vitamin K), it is a poor
prognostic
normal serum albumin - correct answer which reflects adequate protein intake over a
longer period of time.
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pre-albumin low - correct answer (protein deficiency) if low indicates acute
inadequate protein intake
hepatitis etiologies - correct answer viral infections, fatty liver disease, autoimmune
illness, and alcoholism are etiologies to
Acute viral hepatitis - correct answer acute liver inflammation due to hepatotropic
(affinity for the liver) viruses by varying modes of transmission.
chronic hepatitis - correct answer is secondary to untreated viral infections or
progression of acute disease known as
subtypes B and C hepatitis - correct answer this process can continue for years and
eventually lead to end-stage liver disease from
, NR 571 Final Exam (Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Complex Diagnosis & Management
in Acute Care Practicum Questions and
100% Correct Answers [Grade A]–
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viral hepatitis factors depend - correct answer Viral type (A, B, C, D, E, and G), Viral
load, Genotype
Mutations, Virus- host interactions, characteristics such as age, gender, general
condition, and lifestyle are factors of
pre-icteric phase - correct answer Fatigue, Malaise, Anorexia, Nausea and vomiting,
Headache
Aversion to smoking or alcohol, Diarrhea (specific to HAV only) hepatitis s/s phase
icteric phase - correct answer Weight loss, Jaundice, Pruritis, Rt upper quadrant pain
Clay-stool, Dark urine, Arthralgia, Hepatosplenomegaly is s/s in what phase