Included In This Lesson
Study Tools
Cirrhosis Pathochart
(Cheat Sheet)
Hepatitis Pathochart
(Cheat Sheet)
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Liver disease
- Liver
- Detoxifies blood
- Through Kupper cells
- Unhealthy liver
- Causes back-up in organs
- The Liver Synthesizes
- Bile
- Amino acids
- Albumin
- Prothrombin
- Fibrinogen
- Cholesterol
- The Liver’s Role
- The liver converts glucose to glycogen
- The liver converts ammonia to urea
- Detoxifies blood
- Liver disease
- Preventing Damage to liver
- Acoid high potassium levels
- Caution with Aldactone–> Potassium sparing diuretic
- Increased BUN, Protein, Acids
- Causes Metabolic Acidosis
- Ringers lactate will convert to lactic acid in liver disease
- All increase ammonia levels
- Causes hepatic encephalopathy
- Acoid high potassium levels
- Preventing Damage to liver
- Contraindications and Treatment for Liver failure/disease
- Glucagon is contraindicated in liver failure because it is broken down by the liver
- Neomycin Therapy is treatment for liver disease
- Destroys bacteria in the bowels
- Prevents vitamin synthesis and ammonia release
- Complication of liver diease
- Vitamin deficiency
- Liver
