Identify any significant and/or abnormal laboratory measurements ...

[pepyto]

Identify any significant and/or abnormal laboratory measurements for Mr. Kim. Explain possible mechanisms for the abnormal labs.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Mrs. Smith recently underwent reconstructive surgery. She had the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstructive procedure. Describe this procedure.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[brittanywood]

Answer to Question 1

Lab Patient's value Normal value Relationship to diagnosis
Glucose 121 mg/dL 70-99 mg/dL Insulin resistance due to excessive body fat (adiposity) that may contribute to inflammation associated with insulin resistance.
ALT 54 U/L 4-36 U/L Damaged liver cells release enzymes when lysed (may be due to inflammation associated with NAFLD).
AST 42 U/L 0-35 U/L Damaged liver cells release enzymes when lysed (may be due to inflammation associated with NAFLD).
Cholesterol 285 mg/dL < 200 mg/dL Excessive saturated fat/inadequate fiber in the diet, which may be contributory to his NAFLD, too.
HDL-C 43 mg/dL > 50 mg/dL N/A
LDL 189 mg/dL < 130 mg/dL Excessive dietary saturated fat intake.
Triglycerides 350 mg/dL 40-160 mg/dL Increased triglyceride production related to NAFLD.
HbA1C 6.1 < 5.7 Insulin resistance and poor glycemic control related to elevated blood glucose value.

Answer to Question 2

 This procedure uses the excess skin and fat tissue from the lower abdomen (no muscle) to recreate the breast. The surgeon will do everything possible to recreate a symmetric and natural-looking breast(s). Recovery from the surgery is about 4-6 weeks before normal activities can be performed.

[pepyto]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[brittanywood]

Great! Please up vote