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Here's my case study:
A 37-year-old with a history of hepatitis C presents to the emergency center with complaints of abdominal swelling, fatigue, easy bruising, yellow eyes, and pruritis. On examination, the patient has abdominal ascites, spider angiomas and numerous bruises on the skin, icteric sclera, and peripheral edema. Laboratory tests reveal slightly elevated liver function tests, prolonged clotting, hypoalbuminemia, hyperbilirubinemia, elevated ammonia, and hypokalemia. He is diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and admitted to the hospital for further workup.
Questions:
a. What is the normal effect of decreased plasma volume on sodium balance?
b. Why does this patient have significant edema and continued sodium reabsorption?
c. In what part of the glomerulus-tubule complex of the kidney is the majority of sodium reabsorbed?
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