<span>Glucose metabolism is disturbed by hypercortisolism and the client's fasting blood glucose is increased. The client also has decreased serum potassium level. Since cortisol is an immunosuppressant, it lowers the immune system by lowering the lymphocyte count. </span>
Energy is required for the normal functioning of the organs in the body<span>. Many tissues can also use fat or protein as an energy source but others, such as the brain and red blood cells, can only use </span>glucose<span>. </span>Glucose<span> is stored in the </span>body<span> as glycogen. The liver is an important storage site for glycogen.</span>
The nurse should position the client at a prone position every 3 to 4 hours for 20 to 30 minutes periods. This should be done periodically. Arterial insufficiency is any condition that slows or stops the flow of blood through your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that circulate blood from the heart to other parts of the body.
The high turgor pressure drives movement of phloem sap by “bulk flow” from source to sink, where the sugars are rapidly removed from the phloem at the sink. Removal of the sugar increases the Ψs, which causes water to leave the phloem and return to the xylem, decreasing up
During body temperature regulation, temperature receptors in the skin communicate information to the brain (the control center) which signals the effectors: blood vessels and sweat glands in the skin.
