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Enzyme made in the liver that increases with chronic liver damage and hepatitis
ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase)
Pain that begins near the navel and shifts to the LRQ of the abdomen is a hallmark of this condition
Appendicitis
Sexual intercourse, indwelling catheters are 2 instances where bacteria introduced into the urinary system can cause this
UTI
Not having a secure seal with an ostomy appliance can cause leakage and create this
skin breakdown
Low fat diets, staying NPO during an attack and avoiding deep fried foods helps with this GI inflammation
Acute Cholecystitis
Xray of the colon with contrast medium
Barium Enema
This condition involves the presence of small pouches in the colon wall without inflammation.
Diverticulosis
Can inspect inside the bladder
Cystoscopy
Type of diagnostic test that checks for "hidden blood" in the stool
Stool for OB
You can have inflammation of the gallbladder, gallstones, but if you have a stone in the common bile duct it is called this
Choledocholithiasis
Renal blood test that screens for kidney disease, monitors CKD to see if treatment is working and kidney health before starting med
GFR
If diverticula rupture, this may happen
Peritonitis
Drinking lots of fluids or having a patient on IVF therapy can flush out these solid masses from the urinary system
renal calculi (kidney stone)
If your stoma turns this color it may mean the blood supply is restricted
Dusky
After a patient undergoes a Fundoplication, the nurse should monitor this with their first meal
Dysphagia
Bloodwork to measure the strength of the immune system when dx with HIV
CD4
Fecal-oral route; usually results from fecal contaminated food, water or raw shellfish from poor hand hygiene of infected person
Hepatitis A Virus
Sneezing, coughing, laughing can cause which type of incontinence
Stress incontinence
small stoma in the right lower quad is typically this type of ostomy
ileostomy
Primary cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease
Helicobacter Pylori
Bloodtest that looks for the quantity of HIV virus in the blood and response to anti retroviral medication?
HIV viral load test
Inflammatory bowel disease that affects any part if the intestines but not in a continuous sequence
Crohn's Disease
Don't forget to discard this if your doing a 24 hour urine
First morning void
Hemorrhage, Toxic megacolon, Perforation, Peritonitis, Osteoporosis, Increased risk for colorectal cancer are complications of which GI disorder
Ulcerative colitis
Primary complication of HIV infection and occur because of an impaired immune system.
Opportunistic Infections