Nurs 546 final - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 6560 Final Study Guide 1.Resection of the liver and regeneration and follow up labs pp 546-548 -commonly indicated for primary and secondary malignant tumors and symptomatic benign tumors -May also but indicated in traumatic injury, infection/abscesses, and living donor transplantation -after resection, liver function will be impaired for several wks -Regeneration starts within 24hr with hepatic cell replication and has considerable regeneration within 10 days and completed regenera...

NURS 6560 Final Exam Study Guide Liver Biliary Tract, Pancreas, Spleen Resection of the liver and regeneration and follow up labs pp 546-548 Types of Hepatic Resections: anatomical (based on segmental liver anatomy) and Follow Up Labs after Resection: Complications post op resection: include perihepatic fluid collectiaons which may require drainage, hepatic insufficiency (hyperbilirubinemia, ascites, coagulopathy) common but resolves, pleural effusions, atelectasis, and pneumonia (t...