lakshya_0_7
Forum Elite
Topics: 19
Posts: 240
|
39. After eating, a 40 year old woman has a vague feeling of discomfort in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. USG discloses several small calculi believed to be cholestrol gallstones in the bladder. She begins oral therapy with ursodeoxycholic acid. Which of the following is the best rationale for this treatment?
a) Addition of bilirubin to the bile
b)Decrease in the concentration of bile acids
c)Decrease in the ratio of cholestrol to bile acids
d)increase in the ability of the gallbladder to concentrate bile
e)increase in the concentration of lecithin in bile
|
| 1.ammara
Forum Junior
Topics: 7
Posts: 56
|
C
___________________
Plan ahead, it wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark!
|
| PGI2alpha
Forum Elite
Topics: 7
Posts: 446
|
C
|
| hottie99
Forum Elite
Topics: 30
Posts: 424
|
can u guys explain this one, thx!
|
| hottie99
Forum Elite
Topics: 30
Posts: 424
|
any explaining on why it's c?? we're not posting bc of answers but bc of explanation, cn u pls explain thx!! 
|
| maoudoody
Forum Elite
Topics: 20
Posts: 372
|
ursodeoxycholic acid decreases the intestinal absorption of cholesterol
|
| hottie99
Forum Elite
Topics: 30
Posts: 424
|
yes so is it not b? i had put b, bc i thoght that drug decreases the bile acids or no??
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | |
