Peptic Ulcers
This bacterium, which can spread from person to person through food, water, and emesis, is a leading cause of peptic ulcer disease.
hat is H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori)?
The gallbladder's main job is storing this fluid, which emulsifies fat in the intestine.
What is bile?
This is the most common type of kidney stone
What is calcium oxalate?
This is often the first symptom of BPH that a man notices.
What is nocturia?
Bloody diarrhea with mucus and pus, plus left lower quadrant pain, points to this form of IBD.
What is ulcerative colitis?
Pain from this type of ulcer starts 2-3 hours after meals, comes back at night, and is often relieved by eating or taking antacids.
What is a duodenal ulcer?
Being female, obese, over 40, and having had multiple pregnancies are risk factors for this condition.
What is cholelithiasis?
A client passing a stone at home is taught to do this with all of their urine so the stone can be caught and analyzed.
What is strain all urine?
A normal PSA level falls between 0 and this number (ng/mL).
What is 4
A "cobblestone" bowel, skip lesions, and fistulas are hallmarks of this form of IBD.
What is Crohn's disease?
This cytoprotective drug is contraindicated in a client who is 3 months preggo because it can induce labor
A client asks how a person can live without a gallbladder. The nurse explains that bile made by this organ will drain directly into the small intestine.
What is the liver?
This stone type forms when bacteria make urine too alkaline, so discharge teaching stresses taking the antibiotic exactly as directed.
What is a struvite stone?
Along with alcohol and caffeine, clients with BPH should avoid these over-the-counter medications because they can worsen urinary symptoms.
What are cold and cough medicines (decongestants/anticholinergics)?
This life-threatening complication, more common in UC, happens when the colon dilates more than 6 cm and can lead to perforation
What is toxic megacolon?
Sudden, severe upper abdominal pain, a rigid board-like abdomen, and absent bowel sounds point to this PUD complication, which needs immediate surgery.
What is perforation?
Stones in the common bile duct (choledocholithiasis) often lead to this bile duct infection, which causes fever, jaundice, and RUQ pain.
What is cholangitis?
Uric acid stones are managed with a low-purine diet (no sardines, liver, or venison) and this medication.
What is allopurinol
This 5-alpha reductase inhibitor shrinks the prostate over 3-6 months and cuts PSA levels by about 50%.
What is finasteride (Proscar)?
Clients taking sulfasalazine need to take this vitamin supplement.
What is folic acid?
After a Billroth II, the nurse teaches the client to lie down after meals and avoid drinking liquids with meals to prevent this complication.
What is dumping syndrome?
In the PACU after an open cholecystectomy, which finding needs further investigation: Hgb 11.2, temp 100.2 F, urine output 20 mL/hr, or incisional pain 7/10?
What is a urine output of 20 mL/hr? (Below the 30 mL/hr minimum.)
Bradycardia, hematuria, diaphoresis, nocturia, restlessness, lethargy: these three are expected findings in a client with renal calculi.
What are hematuria, diaphoresis, and restlessness?
During continuous bladder irrigation after a TURP, the drainage bag holds less than the amount of irrigant instilled. The nurse should first assess for this.
What is bladder distention (and a kinked catheter or clot blocking it)?
Anti-TNF drugs like infliximab (Remicade) can cause reactivation of these two infections.
What are tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis?