Anatomy
What is the primary function of the small intestine?
What is nutrient absorption?
What happens to blood glucose during activation of the stress response?
What is it increases (hyperglycemia)?
What is the correct order of abdominal assessment?
What is inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation?
This GI condition in preemies involves inflammation and ischemia of the bowel wall.
What is NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis)?
What is the purpose of a G-tube?
What is to provides nutrition, decompress, or drain gastric contents?
This organ stores and concentrates bile.
What is the gallbladder?
True or false: Protein is the body’s preferred energy source during critical illness.
What is false?
A child has vomiting, a firm abdomen, and decreased bowel sounds post-abdominal surgery. What could be a possible cause?
What is ileus?
This viral illness causes vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration in young children.
What is gastroenteritis?
What should you assess around a G-tube site?
What are redness, leaking, skin breakdown, or granulation tissue?
The part of the GI tract primarily responsible for water reabsorption and stool formation.
What is the large intestine?
What happens to venous return when intra-abdominal pressure increases?
What is it decreases?
A toddler has bloody stools, a low hemoglobin, and pale appearance. What could be a possible cause?
What is a GI bleed?
This condition requires urgent surgery and presents with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain.
What is intussusception?
What surgery is done to prevent reflux in patients with frequent aspiration?
What is a fundoplication?
Where does most chemical digestion occur?
What is the duodenum?
What nervous system controls digestion and gut motility?
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
What bedside method is commonly used to measure intra-abdominal pressure?
What is bladder/abdominal pressure monitoring?
A child has elevated liver enzymes, jaundice, and a prolonged INR. What do you anticipate the diagnosis to be?
What is liver failure?
Following G-tube insertion, what signs would alert you to possible early complications?
What are increased redness, pain at the site, leakage around the tube, abdominal distension, or delayed feeding tolerance?
A toddler is admitted with severe abdominal pain localized to the right lower quadrant. What anatomical structure is most likely inflamed?
What is the appendix (appendicitis)?
A child in shock begins to show signs of GI dysfunction. With ongoing inadequate tissue perfusion, which lab value would you expect to rise as a marker of anaerobic metabolism?
What is serum lactate?
A 3-week-old has jaundice, pale stools, and poor weight gain. What condition is suspected?
What is biliary atresia?
This inflammatory liver condition can be caused by viruses, toxins, or metabolic disorders.
What is hepatitis?
A post-op patient with an NG tube starts having large greenish aspirates and new abdominal distension. What’s your concern?
What is a bowel obstruction or delayed gastric emptying?