Because vitamin K is malabsorbed in the presence of cirrhosis, which laboratory value would be elevated?
a. Hemoglobin
b. Hematocrit
c. Prothrombin time
d. White blood cell count
C
The cirrhotic liver cannot absorb vitamin K or produce the clotting factors VII, IX, and X. This causes the patient with cirrhosis to have bleeding tendencies. Prothrombin time measures clotting time.
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