The nurse is caring for a patient with liver failure. The nurse understands that patients in liver failure often require vitamin therapy. Which vitamin does the liver require for the synthesis of prothrombin?
A) Vitamin B12
B) Vitamin A
C) Vitamin D
D) Vitamin K
Ans: D
Feedback: The liver requires vitamin K for the synthesis of prothrombin and some of the other clotting factors. Breakdown of fatty acids into ketone bodies occurs primarily when the availability of metabolism is limited, as during starvation or in uncontrolled diabetes. Vitamins stored in the liver include A, B12, D, and several of the B-complex vitamins.
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