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- 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 ____.
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- 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.