Etiology & Pathophysiology
...becomes inflamed and edematous as a result of becoming kinked or occluded
What is the appendix?
Common condition that can be a result of appendicitis
What is constipation?
Where pain typically starts
What is vague epigastric or periumbilical pain?
Treatment not used for constipation
What is an enema?
How appendicitis is diagnosed
What is a physical examination and laboratory findings and imaging studies?
3 factors that can occlude the appendix
What is a hardened mass of stool, tumor , or foreign body?
Immediate surgery needed
What is an appendectomy?
Common symptoms
What is loss of appetite, fever, nausea, and vomiting
Forms if appendix perforates
Blood test that shows WBC elevation and elevation of the neutrophils
What is a CBC
Where pain is most commonly felt
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)
Something that should not be administered as a result of constipation
What is laxatives! This is because laxatives can result in perforation of the inflamed appendix.
the point over the right side of the abdomen that is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus
What is McBurney's Point?
Type of anesthesia used during surgery
What is general or spinal with a low abdominal incision?
Type of surgery used to diagnose appendicitis
What is a diagnostic laparoscopy
The most susceptible group, season...
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What is young male children, Winter and hx of appendicitis
Position the nurse puts the patient in after surgery
What is High-Fowler's Position?
Result of appendix rupturing
What is abdominal distention?
A complication resulting in a drain being left in place at the area of the incision
What is peritonitis?
Appendicitis can present as this in some elderly cases
What is a bowel obstruction?
The biggest predisposition for appendicitis
Administered to prevent fluid and electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, and sepsis
What are antibiotics?
What is where the tip of the appendix is touching?
the condition where the motor activity of the bowel is impaired, usually without the presence of a physical obstruction
What is a paralytic ileus?
Symptoms of pain can be strong, absent, minimal, or all
What is all?