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6 years ago
The pediatric nurse is caring for a hospitalized child with cirrhosis who has 4+ pitting edema. Which laboratory value would the nurse correlate with the edema?
 
  A.
  Albumin: low
  B.
  Cholesterol: low
  C.
  Prothrombin time: high
  D.
  White blood cell count: high
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ANS: A
All of these laboratory values are typical in a patient with cirrhosis. However, albumin deficiency causes fluid to be lost from the vascular space, leading to edema.
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