A patient is admitted with the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The nurse expects which laboratory values to be elevated? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

A patient is admitted with a brain and spinal cord injury secondary to a motor vehicle crash. The nurse is monitoring the patient for signs of neurogenic shock. Clinical findings in neurogenic shock are related to which pathophysiologic process?

Which interventions minimize the complications associated with suctioning an artificial airway? (Select all that apply)

What are the manifestations of neurogenic shock? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

What are the interventions used to treat septic shock.  (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

A patient is being admitted with septic shock. The nurse appreciates that the key to treatment is finding the cause of the infection. Which cultures would the nurse obtain before initiating antibiotic therapy? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

A patient is admitted with a gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to esophagogastric varices. The patient has been started on a vasopressin drip. Which side effect is the nurse monitoring for?

A patient has been admitted with acute liver failure. Which interventions would the nurse expect as part of the interprofessional collaborative management plan? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

Upload an image of your drawings. About 30% of Thr in humans is degraded by the threonine dehydratase reaction. This reaction is parallel to the serine dehydratase reaction. The product of this Thr reaction is α – ketobutyrate (CH3CH2COCO2-). Write out the mechanism for this reaction. 

Mini case study: Alex is a 15-year-old Caucasian male, who is unable to perform strenuous exercise because he lacks the enzyme to effectively breakdown glycogen in the muscles. Alex’s blood was tested for alanine content. In a normal person, you would expect that blood alanine would increase during strenuous anaerobic exercise. But in Alex’s blood samples, there is a decrease in alanine concentration, leading you to believe that Alex’s muscle cells are taking up alanine rather than releasing it. Why would blood alanine concentrations increase in a normal person? (2 pts.) Hint: Think of the muscle fuel supply, the connection between pyruvate and alanine, and the role of nitrogen metabolism in the liver as well as, the liver’s role in gluconeogenesis.  Why do blood alanine concentrations decrease in Alex? (2 pts.)