Nursing Exam Review Multiple Choice a Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital

question 45

Multiple Choice

Nursing Exam Review Multiple Choice A patient is admitted to the hospital with decreased albumin, elevated alkaline phosphatase, and elevated bilirubin. The nurse recognizes these clinical findings as evidence of:

• A) portal hypertension.
• B) liver disease.
• C) esophageal varices.
• D) hepatic coma.
• E) hepatic encephalopathy.

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