Gastro Practice Questions

Question 1

Bleeding in the Gi tract can be manifested as

Answer 1

Melena

Question 2

What is the significance of kehrs sign?

Answer 2

Gas, air , blood in the abdominal cavity

Question 3

What areas of the body can the GI disorders refer pain to?

Answer 3

Sternum
Shoulder 
scapula
Ant neck
Mid back
Lower back
Hip
Pelvis
Sacrum

Question 4

A 56 yr old client was referred to PT for pelvic floor rehab. His primary symptoms are obstructed defecation and puborectalis muscle spasms. He wakes nightly with left flank pain. The pattern is low thoracic, laterally, but superior to iliac crest. Sometimes he has buttock pain on the same side. He doesnt have any daytime pain but is up for several hours at night. Advil and light activity do not help that much. The pain is relieved or decrased with passing gas. He has very tight hamstrings and rectus femoris. Change in symptoms with gas or defecation is possible with:

Answer 4

Large intestine and colon dysfunction

Question 5

Name two of the most common medications taken by clients seen in a physical therapy practice likely to induce GI bleeding

Answer 5

Antibiotics and anti inflammatories

Question 6

Which of the following are clues to the possible involvement of the GI system?

Answer 6

Abdominal pain at the same level as back pain, occurring either simultaneously or alternately

Question 7

A 65 year old client is taking oxycontin for a sore shoulder. She also reports aching pain of the sacrum that radiates. The sacral pain can be caused by:

Answer 7

Pressure on the sacral nerves from stored fecal content in the constipated client taking narcotics

Question 8

Body temperature should be taken as part of vital sign assessment

Answer 8

For every client evaluated