Abdo Disease Flashcards
What are the functions of food
Build and repair
Produce heat and energy
Provide raw material for bodies chemical activity
What is the digestive process
Ingestion food is broken down
Digestion enzymes and chemical break down further
Absorption gets into the blood
Elimination gets rid of undigested food
What is the outer lining of the abdomen
The peritoneum
What are the ducts of the pancreas
The duct of wirsung
The duct of Santeria
What is the purpose of the liver
Excess amino acids to urea Excess glucose to glycogen Breaks down fat stores Produces heat Produces bile Storage of vitamins and iron Synthesis of plasma protein Inactivation of drugs and hormones Metabolising alcohol Blood detoxification and purification
How big is the pancreas
Where is it
How much pancreatic juice does it produce
12-15cm
Posterior to the greater curvature of the stomach
Produces 1200-1500ml per day
What is the purpose of the peritonieum
Prevents friction
Carries blood vessels
Fights infection
How do you asses the abdomen
Inspect
Auscultatate
Percuss
Palmate
What do you inspect in general appearance for abdo diseases
Alert Pale Flushed Pallor Anxious Pain Cyanosis Jaundice
What do you inspect for abdo signs
Distension Scars Styria (stretch marks) Herniation Masses- pulsating Lesions rashes Contour Ascites
What are the 5 abdominal masses
Physiological Inflammatory Vascular Neoplastic Obstructive bowel
What is Socrates
Site and radiation Onset Character Radiation Associated symptoms Timing Exacerbating/relieving factors Severity
How does ectopic pregnancy present
What should be considered with history
One side of the abdo
Early stages of pregnancy
If embryo aborts or tube ruptures
What unspecific symptoms may present
Syncope
Urinary symptom
diarrhoea
Shoulder tip pain
Management of ectopic pregnancy
Airway Lie left Oxygen Entonox ECG Paramedic and urgent transport Anticipate Notify the receiving hospital
