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When assessing a client for potential alcohol abuse problems, the nurse will seek the results of the most sensitive laboratory test for detecting the effects of chronic alcohol abuse, which is:
 
  1. Elevated erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume (EMCV)
  2. Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)
  3. Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH)
  4. Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
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ANS: 4
GGT (option 4) is the most sensitive marker for recent alcohol use. EMCV (option 1) can be an indicator of long-term alcohol use. SGPT (option 2) is an indictor of hepatic problems. LDH (op-tion 3) is an indicator of cardio isoenzymes.
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