Types of Hepatitis
transmitted through infected blood
What is hepatitis C?
inflamed liver resulting from a viral infection or ETOH
What is hepatitis?
a result of too much ETOH (alcohol) leads to damage to the liver
What is fatty liver?
what are the functions of the pancreas?
this lab value may be elevated when a specific type of gallstones are present
what is the cholesterol level?
fecal-oral transmission through contaminated food or drinking water (or poor hygiene)
what is hepatitis A?
late manifestation of liver scarring and or fibrosis from degeneration or destruction of liver cells
What is liver cirrhosis?
black tarry stool due to digested blood
what is melena?
this lab measures the breakdown of protein
what is protease?
pain after eating a fatty meal, fever, N &V, tachycardia
what are s&s of acute cholecystitis?
transmitted through infected blood and can be transmitted mother to baby (usually occurs along with another form of hepatitis)
what is hepatitis B?
a neurologic impact on the brain secondary to liver disease/damage
what is hepatic encephalopathy?
inflammation of the gallbladder
what is cholecystitis?
when autodigestion occurs leading to inflammation and sometimes pain
what is pancreatitis?
the rationale for insertion of a NG tube as a treatment
what is the need for gastric decompression?
transmitted through fecal-oral route common in developing countries
what is hepatitis E?
yellowish discoloration to body tissue resulting from bilirubin metabolism or bile elimination difficulty
What is jaundice?
this drain is surgically inserted to rid excess bile (bile is produced in the liver but stored in the gallbladder)
pancreatic pain happens here associated with pancreatitis
what is the LUQ?
store and concentrate bile
what are functions of the gallbladder?
What is hepatitis D?
a common manifestation of worsening, when fluid builds in the abdominal cavity (3rd spacing)
What is ascites?
stones in the gallbladder
what is cholelithiasis?
this lab measures the breakdown of carbs
what is amylase?
what is the RUQ?