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jasdeep_brar

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A 50-year-old male intravenous drug user is diagnosed with hepatitis C. Examination of the liver reveals cell death secondary to:
 
  a. fat necrosis.
  b. physiologic apoptosis.
  c. infection-induced apoptosis.
  d. pyknosis.

Question 2

When a nurse observes muscle stiffening occurring within 614 hours after death, the nurse should document this finding as the presence of:
 
  a. livor mortis.
  b. gangrene.
  c. algor mortis.
  d. rigor mortis.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
With hepatitis C, the liver will demonstrate apoptosis that is a result of the viral infection. Fat necrosis occurs with enzymatic action due to lipases. Apoptosis is not a normal physiological process. Pyknosis occurs when the nucleus shrinks and becomes a small, dense mass of genetic material.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Rigor mortis occurs within 6 hours after death and is evidenced by muscle stiffening. Livor mor-tis is a purple discoloration. Gangrene refers to death of tissue and results from severe hypoxic injury and does not lead to stiffening. Algor mortis is postmortem reduction of body tempera-ture.





 

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