Chapter 50: Liver Disease

Question 1

S/sx in viral hepatitis

Answer 1

fever, jaundice, dark urine, right upper quadrant tenderness, and nausea.

Question 2

Which factor increases a patient’s risk for the development of
hepatitis C?

Answer 2

Health care workers are at an increased risk for the development of hepatitis C because these workers can easily be exposed to blood and body fluids.

Question 3

Which type of cirrhosis is caused by hepatitis C?

Answer 3

Postnecrotic cirrhosis

Question 4

Which laboratory finding signifies an immune response to liver disease?

Answer 4

Elevated serum globulin

Question 5

Decreased serum total protein indicates which classification of
liver disease?

Answer 5

Chronic liver disease

Question 6

Supplementation with which vitamin may be needed for a patient with cirrhosis if the patient is at risk for alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 6

Thiamine

Question 7

findings in patient with Hep B.

Answer 7

itching.
tea colored urine.
RUQ tenderness.

Question 8

The nurse caring for a client with a suspected diagnosis of acute pancreatitis would assess for which characteristic sign of this disorder?

Answer 8

severe abdominal pain unrelieved by vomiting.

Question 9

Besides impaired comfort resulting from pain and nausea, what other problem is the client with acute pancreatitis at risk for?

Answer 9

Hypocalcemia

Question 10

esophageal varices

Answer 10

engorged varices may rupture and cause immediate death.

rupture can be caused by increased abdominal muscles ie. vomiting , or NGT insertion.

Question 11

Ascites

Answer 11

accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of abdomen by liver disease and low albumin levels.