- Information
- AI Chat
This is a Premium Document. Some documents on Studocu are Premium. Upgrade to Premium to unlock it.
Was this document helpful?
This is a Premium Document. Some documents on Studocu are Premium. Upgrade to Premium to unlock it.
1. Cirrhosis 1 - simply nursing
Course: Med surgical (NUR20252)
34 Documents
Students shared 34 documents in this course
University: Valencia College
Was this document helpful?
This is a preview
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all pages
Access to all documents
Get Unlimited Downloads
Improve your grades
Already Premium?
Cirrhosis
Med Surg: GI - Gastrointestinal
Pathophysiology
Liver cirrhosis THINK liver Scarrrosis.
Since normal healthy tissues get replaced with
SCAR tissue, making the liver hard like a rock!
Causes
Anything that causes inflammation & scarring
to the liver:
• Alcohol abuse
• Chronic Hepatitis (inflammation)
• Cystic fibrosis (serious mucus clogs the
entire body & the liver)
4 major roles & responsibilities
Storing GlycogenDetoxing ammonia
NH3
NH3NH3
NH3
NH3NH3
NH3
Drug metabolismProducing
• A - Albumin
• B - Bile
• C - Coagulation factors
!
!
!
!
!
!
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1
Chronic Hepatitis
Liver
Bile Clotting Factors
Albumin
Albumin
Transports drugs
in the body Also attracts water Binds with Calcium
Ca
A - Albumin
A - Attracts water, drugs
& binds with calcium
Which we call the Bile Bus helping to scoop up
excess Cholesterol & Bilirubin and take them
from the body to the toilet via the bowels.
When the liver fails we get higher cholesterol
& high bilirubin. Bilirubin causes jaundice in the
body. This is see as yellowing of the skin & the
eyes, specifically the white part of the eye called
the sclera.
In liver disease, the blood can’t clot fast enough
& leads to a HUGE risk of bleeding.
Our #1 concern is the BLEEDING!
Memory Trick
Bile Bus
CholesterolBilirubin
HESI Question
Which complication is a patient
with cirrhosis at risk for?
● Bleeding
!
!
!