There are three major hypotheses that try to explain the impairment of neurotransmission during hepatic encephalopathy: the ammonia hypothesis, the synergistic neurotoxin hypothesis, and:
a. the protein and pyramidine hypothesis
b. the amino acid transamination hypothesis.
c. the detoxification hypothesis.
d. the neurosteroid hypothesis.
e. the false neurotransmitter hypothesis.
e
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a. maintain immune function. b. achieve positive nitrogen balance. c. minimize nutrient losses. d. restore lost fluids and electrolytes.
Name and describe an example of a food or water fortification or enrichment program in the United States aimed at reducing deficiencies of an essential trace mineral.
What will be an ideal response?
Fat cells store and release fatty acids and:
a. maintain body temperature. b. prevent essential fatty acid deficiency. c. secrete hormones. d. conduct nerve impulses.
The term used to describe substernal pain experienced when the workload of the heart is increased due to physical or emotional stress is:
a. ventricle fibrillation. b. PVD. c. stable angina. d. unstable angina.