Pancreatitis
Serum Lipase is the main indicator for the following condition.
What is Pancreatitis?
The patient is reporting last drink eight hours ago, the nurse's concern about the following condition.
What is alcohol withdrawl?
The patient reports hand flapping.
What is Asterixis?
Tube for gastric decompression.
What is NGTube?
Lab to check for anemia.
What is CBC?
Patient reports sudden abdominal pain, clay-color feces, icterus.
What is acute pancreatitis?
Patient is reporting abdominal pain, ascites and icterus.
what is cirrhosis?
A sudden decrease in urinary flow (500 ml/24 hours)(oliguria)
What is hepatorenal syndrome?
All or part of the stomach is removed with laparoscopic or open approach.
What is Gastrectomy?
The types are erosive, non-erosive, acute and chronic.
What is Gastritis?
Patient reports she does not feel energy even to shower.
What is fatigue?
A persistence increase in pressure within the portal vein greater than 5mm Hg, is a major complication of cirrhosis.
What is Portal Hypertension?
The nurse is teaching the following, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, drugs and chemical toxins, and autoimmune hepatitis
What is Cirrhosis?
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FINDINGS ● Pain or epigastric tenderness or abdominal distension ● Bloody emesis (hematemesis) or stools (melena) ● Weight loss
What is PUD?
Increases gastric pH and neutralizes pepsin.
What is antacids?
The patient is reporting do not know what will be the best diet for pancreas problems.
What is low-fat diet?
The patient reported collection of free fluid within the peritoneal cavity caused by increased hydrostatic pressure from portal hypertension.
What is ascites?
Route of transmission fecal or oral.
What is Hepatitis A?
Pantoprazole, esomeprazole, omeprazole, lansoprazole, and rabeprazole suppress gastric acid secretion by irreversibly inhibiting the enzyme that produces gastric acid, and inhibit basal and stimulated acid production.
What is PPIs?
Inhibits acid and forms a protective coating over mucosa.
What is Sucralfate?
The patient is reporting pancreas cancer, and asking what treatments he can have.
What is chemotherapy and radiation?
Patient diagnose with cirrhosis, reported hematemesis.
What is esophageal varices?
Irreversible damage to liver cells, with decreased ability to function adequately to meet the body’s needs.
What is Liver Failure?
Most peptic ulcers are caused by an infection from gram‑negative bacteria.
What is H. Pylori?
Loss of fluid due to vomiting or diarrhea.
What is Dehydration?