You operate a laboratory that receives many serum specimens from the Billy Rubin Memorial Liver Clinic next door.The patients who go to this clinic have serious acute and chronic liver diseases.Would you expect to see increased or decreased plasma albumin from the liver patients who go to this clinic?

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Patients with liver disease have decreased liver function which often leads to decreased albumin production. Therefore, it is expected to see decreased plasma albumin levels in the serum specimens of patients who attend the liver clinic.

You Operate a Laboratory That Receives Many Serum Specimens from the Billy