NURS 4433 Chapter Notes - Chapter 49: Blood Sugar, Bilirubin, Barbiturate
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Med surg chapter 49: assessment and management of patients. A chemical factory that manufactures, stores, alters, and excretes a large number of substances involved in metabolism. Major role in the metabolism of glucose and the regulation of blood glucose concentration. Glucose is taken up from the portal venous blood by the liver. Glycogen is converted back to glucose and released into the blood stream as needed. Ammonia is a by product of glucose metabolism. Liver converts this metabolically generated ammonia into urea. Fatty acids can be broken down for the production of energy and ketone bodies. Bile is continuously formed by the hepatocytes and collected in the canalicul i and bile duct. A pigment derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin by cells of the reticuloendothelial system. Metabolism may cause activation of a drug to occur. If you get abnormal liver function test results the patient is evaluated for liver disease.
