Using a scope the physician looks inside the lower digestive tract
What is a colonoscopy?
100
These dilated veins in the esophagus are high risk for bleeding
What are esophageal varices?
100
The first priority for a nurse admitting a client with severe diarrhea is to: A) prevent skin breakdown B) assess client's fluid volume status C) administer an antidiarrheal medication D) obtain a thorough history
What is B?
100
When this lab is elevated, it is used to help diagnose pancreatitis.
What is amylase?
100
This is a result of no bile in the gastrointestinal tract.
What are clay or light colored stools?
200
A physician inserts a needle through the skin to the liver to removes a tissue sample that is sent to a lab for testing. Patient may lay on right side for 2 hours post-procedure.
What is a liver biopsy?
200
Part of the stomach protrudes through an opening of the diaphragm into the chest cavity
What is hiatal hernia?
200
Rebound tenderness at McBurney's point is a classic symptom
What is appendicitis?
200
This medication is used to decrease ammonia levels associated with hepatic encepalopathy
What is lactulose?
200
This is considered the best defense from contracting hepatitis B.
What is hepatitis B vaccine?
300
The physician uses a scope with long, flexible tube to view the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.
What is EGD or endoscopy?
300
This is an inflammation that is usually caused by a ruptured appendix or perforated gastric ulcer and can lead to septicemia.
What is peritonitis?
300
Polys are a precursor for this disease. Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosis.
What is colorectal cancer?
300
These two types of medications block the release of HCl. Name one.
What are PPIs and H2 receptor blockers?
300
Bile created by the liver and stored In the gallbladder moves through these two tubes into the small intestine. Name one.
What is cystic or common bile duct?
400
When this material is used in GI testing, the nurse must educate the patient that stools may be discolored and must also assess for constipation.
What is barium?
400
A type of bacteria found with ulcers
What is H. Pylori?
400
With Crohns’s disease theses inflammatory channels containing blood, mucus, or stool may develop.
What are fistulas?
400
This disease is treated with corticosteroids, antibiotics, antidiarrheals, and antispasmotics
What is Chron's disease?
400
Two factors that are commonly associated with pancreatitis?
What are alcoholism and biliary tract disease?
500
Test used to visualize the biliary system and pancreatic duct. Requires checking gag reflex post-procedure.
What is What is ERCP- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography?
500
Type of ulcer caused by excess acid secretion
What is duodenal ulcer?
500
This type of intestinal obstruction is typically caused by a neuromuscular or vascular disorder.
What is nonmechanical?
500
This over-the-counter medication should be avoided with liver disease
What is Acetaminophen or Tylenol?
500
This type of hepatitis is the most common. It it transmitted via oral-fecal route.