Conditions

Question 1

What is ascites?
Name a common cause of this?

Answer 1

-Abnormal build up of fluid in the abdominal peritoneal cavity (may cause swelling)
- Liver Cirrhosis

Question 2

Aspiration is the process of breathing in and out. What else can aspiration mean in the medical world? (2 definitions)

Answer 2

• Accidentally breathing in a foreign object
• Medical procedure that removes something (Air, fluids, or bone fragments) from an area of the body.
  Example: removing ascites fluid from the belly area

Question 3

What is the act of auscultation?

Answer 3

Listening to organs using a stethoscope to hear for abnormalities

Question 4

What is boerhaave’s syndrome?

Answer 4

Spontaneous/effort perforation of the oesophagus caused by severe strain or vomiting

Question 5

What is another medical term for vomiting?

Answer 5

Emesis

Question 6

What is a shunt?

Answer 6

A passageway that is made to allow blood or other fluid to move from one part of the body to another.
Example: a surgeon may implant shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdomen.