Sharp abdominal pain LRQ - Subsides if it ruptures, increase if it escalates.
Nausea, vomiting, distension, bowel pattern changes, infection,
inflammation, indicates of peritonitis Correct Ans - Clinical
manifestations - appendicitis
Pink or brown urine, foamy urine - Causes renal failure - Caused by kidneys
ability to excrete waste and fluid decreased / kidney cant filter Correct
Ans - Clinical manifestations - glomerulonephritis term-4
Systemic inflammatory response causing sepsis, acute cholecystitis
Correct Ans - Complication of perforated gallbladder
Ulcers, gallstones, foreign objects, hernias, impacted stool, intussusception
(Bowel sucked into the next section), tumors, crohns disease Correct
Ans - Types of disorders causing mechanical bowel obstruction
occult blood Correct Ans - Caused by polyps, blood unable to be
seen by the naked eye - Means there is bleeding located somewhere else in
the digestive tract - FOBT
Dysphagia Correct Ans - difficulty, or painful swallowing
Alcoholism Correct Ans - Most common cause of chronic
pancreatitis.
Gallstones Correct Ans - Most common cause of chronic
pancreatitis.
Esophageal ulcers, cancer, obstruction, inflammation of the esophageal well
Correct Ans - Serious complications of GERD
proximal duodenum, antrum Correct Ans - Most frequent location
of peptic ulcers
Ulcerative colitis - inflammation of the large intestine
Crohns disease - inflammation of the digestive tract
, Diarrhea, bleeding ulcers, stomach pain, weight loss Correct Ans -
Review the inflammatory bowel disorders
Infection from H-pylori and long term use of NSAIDs Correct Ans -
Review causes of peptic ulcer disease
Upper abdominal pain, epigastric pain, sensation of fullness nausea,
vomitting, heartburn, burping Correct Ans - Clinical manifestations
of chronic gastritis
Medication abuse for NSAIDs, excessive smoking, and alcohol abuse
Correct Ans - What types of things put a patient at risk for developing
acute gastritis?
Upper abdominal pain, epigastric pain, sensation of fullness nausea,
vomiting, heartburn, burping, atrophy of gastric lining Correct Ans -
Manifestations of chronic gastritis
Weakening diaphragm muscle, intrathoracic pressure, trauma, congenital
defects Correct Ans - Causes of hiatal hernia
Caused by pressure on the abdomen and the inflammation from the
peritoneum, and muscle spasms Correct Ans - What is the cause of
a rigid abdomen in peritonitis
Enuresis Correct Ans - Involuntary urination by child 4-5 YOA -
Psychological or structural cause - resolves itself
stress incontinence Correct Ans - Loss of urine from pressure
exerted on the bladder - coughing, sneezing - occurs when the sphincter
muscle of the bladder is weakened
Postrenal failure occurs because of urinary tract obstruction Correct
Ans - Post intra renal conditions
Prerenal failure is diminished renal blood flow, heart dysfunction -
intrarenal reduced blood supply, hemolytic uremic syndrome, renal
inflammation, toxic injury Correct Ans - Pre intra renal conditions
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