Patho MN 551 Unit 5 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2025/2026 Version
A 34-year-old male patient has diagnoses of liver failure, ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy secondary
to alcohol abuse. The patient's family is questioning the care team about why his abdomen is so large
even though he is undernourished and emaciated. Which of the following statements most accurately
underlies the explanation that a member of the care team would provide to the family? - ✔✔An
inordinate amount of interstitial fluid is accumulating in the patient's abdomen.
The transcellular component of the intracellular fluid compartment contains far more fluid than normal.
*********** The normally small transcellular fluid compartment, or third space, is becoming enlarged.
Gravity-dependent plasma is accumulating in the patient's peritoneal cavity.
A 31-year-old patient with a diagnosis of end-stage liver failure has been admitted to the intensive care
unit of a hospital. Arterial blood gas sampling indicates that the man has an acid-base imbalance. Which
of the following situations is most likely to result in an inappropriate pH? - ✔✔Renal excretion of HCO3-
in the presence of excess base
Transcompartmental exchange of H+ and potassium ions
Low albumin and plasma globulin levels
Conservation or formation of new HCO3- by the kidneys
A 4-year-old boy who has been deaf since birth and has bilateral cataracts has been brought to the
emergency department by his mother because she noticed blood in the toilet after he last voided.
Urinalysis confirms heavy microscopic hematuria as well as proteinuria. What will the care team's initial
differential diagnosis most likely be? - ✔✔Immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis