Chronic Illness Nursing Questions Related

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Patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes often have increased fasting triglyceride levels. Question: Which explanation for these increased fasting triglyceride levels is most likely?

  • A. The triglyceride production of adipose tissue is not sufficiently inhibited by insulin
  • B. Increased VLDL production leads to increased levels of free fatty acids
  • C. The VLDL production by the liver is not sufficiently inhibited by insulin
  • D. The LDL uptake by adipose tissue is not sufficiently stimulated by insulin
Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Type 2's triglyceride rise liver VLDL pumps unchecked, insulin flops, not fat tissue or LDL games. Nurses target this, a chronic liver lipid leak.