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CBme

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A patient is prescribed a bile acid resin. The nurse instructs the patient to report which adverse reaction related to vitamin K deficiency?
 
  a. Constipation
  b. Coffee-ground emesis
  c. Nausea
  d. Changes in skin pigmentation

Question 2

Which deficiency may develop in patients taking cholestyramine?
 
  a. Potassium deficiency
  b. Sodium deficiency
  c. Vitamin K deficiency
  d. Hydrochloric acid deficiency



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting. Signs and symptoms of a vitamin K deficiency include bleeding gums, bruising, dark tarry stools, and coffee-ground emesis (blood vomited from the stomach). Constipation, nausea, and a change in skin pigmentation are not signs of vitamin K deficiency.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Patients on long-term bile acid-sequestering resin therapy may become deficient in fat soluble vitamins (i.e., D, E, A, K). Cholestyramine does not affect electrolyte levels or hydrochloric acid.





 

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