Hepatitis
This is also known as a STD and can be transmitted by saliva, urine, feces and blood.
What is Hepatitis B (HBV)
This liver disease is chronic and irreversible, also known as end-stage liver disease.
What is cirrhosis
Enlarged liver
What is hepatomegaly
This is the least serious and mostly harmless virus, spread through fecal-oral route in areas of poor sanitation and overcrowding.
What is Hepatitis A (HAV)
This occurs when the liver is obstructed and the blood back up causing increased pressure.
What is portal hypertension
Cholecystitis are typically caused by eating this type of food.
What is fatty foods.
What are nursing intervention for pancreatitis?
NPO & IV fluids.
Enlargement of the spleen
What is splenomegaly
This is also spread through fecal-oral, due to water contamination, and can be fatal to pregnant women.
What is Hepatitis E (HEV)
Deteriorating mental status, asterixis, lactulose given to aid in excretion of ammonia
What is hepatic encephalopathy
This procedure treats cholecystitis by surgical removal.
What is cholecystectomy
If this pancreatic enzyme is elevated, it may indicate pancreatitis.
What is amylase
Abnormal clots form inside the body which leads to massive bleeding.
What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy?
This virus has been known as delta and has a coinfection with HBV
What is Hepatitis D (HDV)
This medication is given to promote excretion of ammonia from the body through the stool.
What is lactulose?
Name 2 medication categories that are given to client's with pancreatitis?
Opioid (morphine, dilaudid), antibiotics (imipenem), histamine receptor antagonist (ranitidine), proton pump inhibitors (rantidine), pancreatic enzymes (pancrelipase)
Occurrence of abdominal symptoms after cholecystectomy
What is post cholecystectomy syndrome.
Transmitted by blood through needle stick, blood products or sexual contact.
What is Hepatitis C (HCV)
This procedure is done to relieve ascites.
5 Fs
Fair
Female
Fertile
Fat
Forty
Nicole
Name the 2 biggest risk factors for Pancreatitis.
What are gallstones and alcohol use
Fever, jaundice, elevated liver labs can happen after surgery.
Acute graft rejection post liver transplantation.