In fetal life, the lungs are not expanded, so most of the blood from the right ventricle is shunted from the pulmonary artery to the aorta through the patent ductus arteriosus. With a few breaths the lungs expand, and blood flows from right ventricle to pulmonary artery into the lungs. Withdrawal of circulating prostaglandin from the mother plus bradykinins released from the expanding lung of the infant cause the ductus to close over a few minutes to hours. The closed ductus remains as the ligamentum arteriosum.
Answer:
Negative nitrogen balance
Explanation:
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario it is clear that the client is in a state of Negative nitrogen balance. This means that the individual is excreting more nitrogen than what the amount of nitrogen that the body is ingesting. This happens in many scenarios such as serious tissue injuries, fevers, hyperthyroidism, decubitus ulcer with drainage, etc.