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What is the average life span of a red blood cell (RBC)?
 
  a. 30 days
  b. 90 days
  c. 100 days
  d. 120 days

Question 2

The nurse is discussing the impact of cirrhosis on liver function with the family of a dying patient.
 
  The nurse explains that, when the damage caused by cirrhosis blocks the blood flow through the liver, it can lead to which complication(s)? (select all that apply.)
  a. Portal hypertension
  b. Decrease in metabolic processes of the liver
  c. Decrease in clotting factors
  d. Increase in ascites
  e. Decrease in aldosterone


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
RBCs live approximately 120 days.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, D
Cirrhosis is a progressive, chronic disease of the liver. The destruction of normal hepatic struc-tures and their replacement with necrotic tissue occur. Fibrous bands of connective tissue develop in the organ. The bands eventually constrict and partition the liver tissue into irregular nodules. If this process is halted before too much liver tissue is damaged, the liver tissue will regenerate. Late cirrhosis is considered irreversible. The outcomes of cirrhosis of the liver are failure of its cells to perform their functions and the development of portal hypertension. Aldosterone levels are increased rather than decreased.


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