Cholecystectomy and Blood Transfusions

3. Initially after gallbladder removal, most patients find a bland diet such as the ____ diet to be easiest to digest.
7. Smaller, frequent meals can allow your digestive tract to work without ____ bile.
8. This structure is often dilated in post-cholecystectomy state.
11. Bile acts as a ____, without this feature patients may feel constipated.
13. The patient is at risk of ____ after receiving a blood transfusion, since transfusion-transmitted pathogens (e.g. virus) can be transmitted if present in donor blood.
14. The transmission rate of ____ has decreased with improved screening tests to identify the virus, ensuring blood safety.
16. Slowly increasing ____ intake may help with post-cholecystectomy diarrhea.
17. When symptoms such as abdominal pain and dyspepsia persist after surgery, it is referred to as ____.

1. The most common infectious agent transmitted by blood transfusion is ____.
2. Anemia in alcoholics is usually accompanied by ____ due to gastric erosions, duodenal ulcers, or esophageal varices.
4. If postcholecystectomy diarrhea is very extreme, bile acid sequestrants or ____ may be used.
5. PCS can be due to biliary injury, retained ____, or common bile duct stones.
6. ____ is a complication that may occur if there is no removal of gallstones. It is most common to occur, appearing with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, and radiation of pain to shoulder.
9. Of the many vitamin deficiencies experienced if a patient lacks bile, a symptom from a vitamin A deficiency would be ____.
10. While some patients can return to their pre-surgery diet after a few weeks, others find the best results come with a high fiber, ____ diet.
12. Red blood cell transfusion are given to patients with ____ or to help replace the loss after acute bleeding episodes.
15. The patient in this PBL has a history of ____, which is a common risk factor for Hepatitis C virus.