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- Jennifer LeFebvre, MT (ASCP)
- Michelle Butina, MS CLS (NCA) MT (ASCP)⇑
- Address for correspondence: Michelle Butina, assistant professor, Medical Technology Program, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah GA 31419. (912) 921-5513. butinami{at}mail.armstrong.edu
Abstract
A 43-year-old male presented to a local hospital exhibiting several complications of alcoholic cirrhosis including acute renal failure, several bacterial infections, and edema. Patient complications and other complications resulting from cirrhosis are discussed and related to clinical laboratory findings. The patient was placed on antibiotics and fully recovered from his bacterial infections.
OBJECTIVES: Discuss several complications that can arise from having alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver; describe the distinctive pattern on serum or urine protein electrophoresis indicating cirrhosis.
ABBREVIATIONS: ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; HRS = hepatorenal syndrome; NP = not performed; S. aureus = Staphylococcus aureus; US = United States; WBC = white blood cell.
- INDEX TERMS
- alcoholic cirrhosis
- alcoholism
- cirrhosis
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