The liver works to synthesize plasma proteins. Unfortunately, your  patient is suffering from liver disease and loses the ability to synthesize  plasma proteins.  1) What happens to the colloid osmotic pressure of their blood? 2) What happens to the balance between filtration and absorption in  their capillaries?

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