Prolonged diarrhea is more serious in children than adults ...

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Prolonged diarrhea is more serious in children than adults because:
 
  a. children have lower adipose reserves.
  b. fluid reserves are lower in children.
  c. children have a lower metabolic rate.
  d. children are more resistant to antimicrobial therapy.

Question 2

When a newborn has a lack of bilirubin uptake, what does the nurse suspect is occurring in the patient?
 
  a. Biliary hypertrophy
  b. Physiologic jaundice
  c. Hepatitis A
  d. Infantile cirrhosis

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Prolonged diarrhea is more dangerous in children because they have much smaller fluid reserves than adults. The danger is not due to lower adipose reserves or microbial resistance. Children have higher metabolic rates.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Physiologic jaundice (newborn jaundice or neonatal bilirubinemia) is a frequently encountered problem in otherwise healthy newborns caused by lack of maturity in bilirubin uptake and conju-gation. Impaired excretion of bilirubin does not lead to biliary hypertrophy, hepatitis A, or cirrho-sis.

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