03-15-2006, 07:55 AM
After eating,a 40 YO has vague discomfort in the RUQ of abdomen.Ultrasonography discloses calculi which beleive to be cholesterol gallstones in the gallbladder.She begins oral therapy with ursodeoxycholic acid.Which of the following is best rationale for this ntreatment?
1.Addition of bilirubin to the bile.
2.Decrease in the conc.of bile acids.
3.Decrease in the ratio of cholesterol to bile acid
4.Increase the ability of gallbladder to conc.the bile
5.Increase in the conc.of lecithine in the bile.
1.Addition of bilirubin to the bile.
2.Decrease in the conc.of bile acids.
3.Decrease in the ratio of cholesterol to bile acid
4.Increase the ability of gallbladder to conc.the bile
5.Increase in the conc.of lecithine in the bile.