Purpose: Detects tumors, varices, strictures, ulcers, and swallowing disorders of stomach and small intesting
What is an Upper GI Series?
100
Rare esophageal motility disorder that results from loss of nerve impulses to the smooth muscle of the esophagus
What is achalasia?
100
Distal esophagus and a portion of the stomach move into the thorax through the hiatus
What is a hiatal hernia?
100
Purpose: Checks gastric acidity (HCL) in fasting and stimulated states
What is a Gastric Analysis?
100
Flexible, fiberoptic scope is passed to see the esophagus, stomach, and small intestines and is able to identify abnormalities such as neoplasms, inflammatory gastric motility
What is an EGD (Esophagogastrododenoscopy)?
200
Attributed to inappropriate relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES)
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?
200
Location in GI tract for a possible area of a bleed if red blood is present in stools
What is a Lower GI Bleed or possible dietary intake of beets?
200
Medications that may give a false positive on a hematest
What are iron, iodine, and indocin?
200
Nursing Implication: Teach client to report black tarry stools; give capsules whole on an empty stomach and before meals and HS
What are Proton Pump Inhibitors?
200
Used to treat PUD, Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, GERD, Indigestions, Heartburn, and Stress Ulcers
What are H2 blockers?
300
Manifestations: severe, sharp abdominal pain; rigid, board-like abdomen; rebound tenderness; referred right shoulder pain; shock VS
What is Perforation?
300
Cause of chrionic gastritis; diagnosed in 90% of cases
What is Helicobacter pylori?
300
An ulcer seen in clients with extensive burns
What is Curling's Ulcer?
300
Performed in client's with hemorrhage; place client on left side; instill 250 mL saline at room temperature; aspirate contents and repeat until return is light and clot free
What is gastric lavage?
300
An ulcer seen in clients with increased intracranial pressure
What is Cushing's Ulcer?
400
Used short-term for duodenal ulcers; used for GERD
What are Proton Pump Inhibitors?
400
The action is to neutralize HCL which increases comfort
What are antacids?
400
VS changes; + occult blood in stool; decrease in H & H; decreased urinary output <30 mL/hr
What are signs of hypovolemic shock?
400
Indigestion or heartburn following meals
What is dyspepsia?
400
Diffuse or local response of the gastric mucosa to injury or infection
What is gastritis?
500
Main manifestation: bleeding caused by gastric erosion
What are acute stress ulcers?
500
Excavation that forms in the mucosal wall of the stomach, pylorus, duodenum, or esophagus
What is peptic ulcer disease?
500
Action: decreases secretion of gastric HCL, relaxes smooth muscle, decreases gastric emptying time; used in treating PUD
What are anticholinergics?
500
Purpose: Detects esophageal gastric reflux. It is the gold standard for accurate dianosis.
What is Ambulatory pH monitoring?
500
Clinical Manifestations: right mid-epigastric pain that radiates around the costal border of the back; occurs 1-3 hous after meals and at night; relieved by food or antacid consumption