Author Question: The patient with cirrhosis has an albumin of 2.8 g/dL. The nurse is aware that normal is 3.5 g/dL to ... (Read 40 times)

evelyn o bentley · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

The patient with cirrhosis has an albumin of 2.8 g/dL. The nurse is aware that normal is 3.5 g/dL to 5 g/dL. Based on these findings, what would the nurse expect the patient to exhibit?

a. Jaundice
b. Edema
c. Copious urine output
d. Pallor

Question 2

What should the nurse expect of a patient with a malabsorption of vitamin K?

a. Lowered hemoglobin
b. Elevated hematocrit
c. Increased prothrombin time
d. Diminished white blood cell count

KKcool · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Low serum albumin levels result also from excessive loss of

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Prothrombin times are increased because malabsorption of vitamin K or inability to produce the clotting factors VII, IX, and X cause the patient to have bleeding tendencies.