Signs and Symptoms
common location of pain in cholelithiasis
What is the Right Upper Quadrant? RUQ
Invasive diagnostic procedure used to identify diseases of the biliary tree.
What is an ERCP? (Endoscopic retrograde pancreatogram)
Two primary contributing factors for the development of Acute Pancreatitis
What are gallstones and alcoholism?
Primary cause of chronic pancreatitis in America?
What is Alcoholism?
type of meal which leads to biliary colic symptoms
What is a high-fat meal?
Treatment of choice for gallstones.
What is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
Large fluid shift from circulating blood in to retroperitoneal space, peripancreatic space, and the peritoneal cavity
What is ascites?
Name the most common priority nursing diagnosis for the patient presenting with acute pancreatitis
Acute pain
Complications of cholelithiasis that include jaundice, pain, possible liver damage, and pancreatitis can be caused by obstruction of this tube.
What is the common bile duct?
This organ is stimulated by the enzyme cholecystokinin to contract and release this bile to aid digestion.
What is the gall bladder?
Term used to describe retroperitoneal bleeding with visible bruising in the area of the flanks.
What is turner's sign
In the patient with pancreatitis, oral consumption is resumed once the level of this lab value returns to near-normal or normal levels.
What is serum amylase?
Sudden onset of pain that lasts 12-18 hours and is aggravated by movement/breathing, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fever, chills, and possible RUQ pain is typical of this process.
What is acute cholecystitis?
Critical nursing intervention for a patient with a T tube.
Maintaining tube below the surgical wound or monitoring drainage output to ensure patency
Leading cause of death in acute pancreatitis
What is respiratory failure?
Fatty, frothy, foul-smelling stools caused by a decrease in pancreatic enzyme secretion
What is steatorrhea?
Supplements that are needed daily for following a pancreatectomy
Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
Pancreatic necrosis, shock, respiratory failure
What are complications of pancreatitis?
Two diseases that may occur as a result of chronic pancreatitis
What are Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatic Cancer?