Your patient has cirrhosis of the liver and you have planned specific nutrition interventions for him. You continue to monitor him and observe for clinical and laboratory values that are consistent with cirrhosis. This type of thinking is:
a. evidence based.
b. diagnostic reasoning.
c. problem solving.
d. decision making.
b
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Victoria is 92 years of age. Recently, she experienced a viral infection that has made her weak and lose interest in eating. Based on this information, Victoria is in ________.
A. positive nitrogen equilibrium B. anaphylactic shock C. facilitated re-energizing mode D. negative nitrogen balance
When a nutrient moves freely across the cell membrane from an area of higher nutrient concentration into an absorptive cell where the concentration of that nutrient is lower, this is called
A. active absorption. B. facilitated diffusion. C. passive diffusion. D. phagocytosis.
The rate-limiting enzyme associated with the Krebs cycle is:
a. lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). b. creatine kinase (CK). c. phosphofructokinase (PFK). d. isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH).
Saturation of glycogen stores works best if you start when glycogen stores are depleted
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false