Jaundice
Yellowing of the skin and whites of eyes, pruritus and pale stools.
What is Jaundice?
Causes of pancreatitis is this as a result from these possibilities (multi answer).
What is biliary damage caused by alcoholism, gallstones, trauma or infection.
Contact fecal-oral route and/or contaminated food or water (two answers).
What is Hep A and E
Sub-question: the name this liver disease when it has gone into severe stages. (relates to above question).
What is Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)?
Causes of cirrhosis include this.
What is alcoholism, hepatitis, Right sided HF, biliary cirrhosis (bile obstruction),
Jaundice is a symptom of one of these three diseases.
What is cirrhosis, biliary obstruction and hemolytic anemia.
Damage to biliary tract causes pancreas to this
what is over activation of pancreatic enzymes.
Contact with infected blood or bodily fluids.
What is Hep B and D
The most life-threatening complication of cirrhosis.
What is esophageal varices?
Splenomegaly results in these signs and reflected in these lab values.
What is anemia (HGB count), Leukopenia (WBC count), and thrombocytopenia (platelet count).
Nursing interventions for Jaundiced patient include these.
Rest, abstain from alcohol, monitor BMs-assess GI, hydration as needed.
Nursing interventions for pancreatitis include these.
What is bowel rest, hydration and pain management.
You need this type of hepatitis in order to get that type of hepatitis causing a co-infection.
What is Hep B and D?
Organs continue to work as normal and lab values are within normal range regardless of hepatic cell injury.
What is compensated cirrhosis?
Advanced symptoms of cirrhosis include this (multiple answers)
What is Jaundice, ascites, peripheral edema, portal hypertension, electrolyte imbalance, hepatic encephalopathy, esophageal/gastric varices
What is stercobilinogen (or lack thereof).
Medical term for obstruction of gallbladder vs. inflammation of gallbladder
What is Cholelithiasis vs. Cholecystitis
Most important nursing intervention for chronic Hepatitis is this.
What is avoidance of alcohol?
bloody stool or vomit (old or fresh), Ins/Outs, edema, abdomen for ascites, unintentional weight loss, alcohol consumption, confusion.
To prevent or shunt bleeding from esophageal/gastric varices is known as this.
What is banding?
And auto-pass for clinical if you can pronounce this word and give explanation.
What is Choledocholithiasis; blockage of biliary duct.
We use this to determine antigen and antibodies.
What is Viral serology?
Nursing care for cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy include these.
administer medications (lactulose, diuretics) and blood products (albumin and PRBC), monitor in/out, monitor blood levels (bili, Hgb, lytes, WBC), GCS, weight, bleeding,
The role of lactulose in patients with cirrhosis.
Bind with ammonia in the intestine and excrete it out the bowel, prevents or reverses hepatic encephalopathy.