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The nurse cares for a client with a history of chronic liver disease that has developed ascites.  Which laboratory result will the nurse expect to find?

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.  The client reports significant shortness of breath.  The nurse auscultates bilateral lung fields and notes crackles throughout.  The oxygen saturation is 88%.  Which is the most likely cause of these findings?

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with acute necrotizing pancreatitis.  The nurse notes Cullen’s sign.  Indicate the area where the nurse would assess.

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.  The client reports significant shortness of breath.  The nurse auscultates bilateral lung fields and notes crackles throughout.  The oxygen saturation is 88%.  Which is the most likely cause of these findings?

The nurse cares for a client with a history of chronic liver disease that has developed ascites.  Which laboratory result will the nurse expect to find?

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with acute necrotizing pancreatitis.  The nurse notes Cullen’s sign.  Indicate the area where the nurse would assess.

The donor of the two-carbon unit in the first reaction linking the pentose phosphate pathway and glycolysis is:

Direct addition of a second phosphate group to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to produce 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate would have a free energy change of approximately +50 kJ mol-1. Which of the following is true about this reaction?

Blood tests on this enzyme are very important for cataract diagnosis.

Which of the following molecules would accumulate if too little acetate flows into the citric acid cycle?