Which medications used to treat nausea and vomiting works by affecting the
chemoreceptor trigger zone, thereby stimulating upper gastrointestinal motility
and increasing lower esophageal sphincter pressure?
:~~ Anticholinergics, such as scopolamine (Donnatal).
The antibiotic of choice for recu...
decreases bowel transit time and may contain poorly
absorbed salts that result
in an osmotic draw iofufluid into the bowel resulting in diarrhea.
When the Weber test is performed with a tuning fork to
assess hearing and there is no lateralization, the clinician
should document this finding as:
:~~ A normal finding.
A 72-year-old male patient presents to the clinic for his
annual physical. He states that he is worried because he
only has a bowel movement every three days. How should
the clinician respond?
:~~ There is no such thing as a "normal" pattern of defecation.
Patterns of defecation vary widely and may in part be
affected by dietary habits, fluid intake, bacteria in the
stool, psychological stress, or voluntary postponement
of
defecation. Defecating every third day could be the
routine pattern for Simon. He should be questioned if
this is routine for him.
, A 21-year-old female patient presents to the clinic for pre-operative
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