Question

3. Assume you are now hospitalized and were admitted three weeks ago. You have a very large infected leg wound due to a work-related accident. You have undergone a weekly surgical procedure to "clean up" the infected tissue on the leg. You will remain in the hospital for another two weeks and will require another surgical procedure each of these two weeks. During this time in the hospital your po intake started low and has been very good for the past week. It now meets all your estimated nutritional needs. Specify what would you expect to see with regards to the following lab values (increased, decreased or WNL)? Explain why? a. Albumirn b. Globulins c. Pre-Albumin cre Focus 4 of 4 1095 words

Answer 1

Albumin , globulin and pre - albumin will be within normal limits because during healing process proteins are used up in the form of albumin and globulin,hence there levels decrease . But now as the patient is taking a very good diet intake ,which meets his nutritional needs of the patient means all the essential protein like albumin , globulin ,pre albumin are in within normal limits .