Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Amylase, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, Enema
8 Dec 2016
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Estimated that a quarter million canadians are infected with. Function metabolizes, filters, stores, manufactures: metabolizes medications, manufactures bile, proteins (albumin osmotic pressure, keeps fluid in vasculature, stores glucose as glycogen. Myths: not always alcoholics, not amount of alcohol, but fact that its there. (cid:862)no o(cid:374)e i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)e(cid:863: not always ivdu. What risk do these items create: needles ivdu sharing needles, needle stick injury, straw oral fecal (hep a), intranasal drug use (hep c) blood to blood transfer. Otc drugs: e. g. tylenol (4000 mg in 24h), herbals. Early diagnosis can help it to heal itself, stigma behind liver disease. Read labels carefully e. g. otc meds, herbal remedies. Viral hepatitis: contact with infected person, hep a oral fecal, hep b body fluid, hep c blood. Cirrhosis: scarring of the liver, trying to regenerate in the face of an insult, lays down scar tissue instead of liver tissue, ability to perform function decreases.
