Gastrointestinal Flashcards
What can refer pain to LUQ
- Gastric Ulcer
- Pneumonia
- Spleen issues
- Aortic aneurysm
What can refer pain to LLQ
- Ileitis
- Sigmoid diverticulitis
- Kidney stone
- Ureteral stone
- Intestinal obstruction
What can refer pain to RUQ
- Hepatomegaly
- Duodenal ulcer
- Pneumonia
- Hepatitis
- Bilirary stones
- Cholecystitis (gallbaldder inflammation)
What can refer pain to RLQ
- Cholecystitis
- Appendicitis
- Kidney stones
- Ureteral stone
- Intestinal obstruction
Where would a gastric ulcer refer pain
Left upper quad
Where do the liver/gallbladder refer pain
- Right neck
- Right shoulder
- RUQ
Where does the lung/diaphragm refer pain
- Left neck
- Left shoulder
Where does heart refer pain
- Left chest and arm
- Between shoulder blades
Where does stomach refer pain
-center of chest and center of back
Where does pancreas refer pain
Left upper quad
Where does small intestine refer pain
Center of abdominal region
Where does appendix refer pain
RLQ
Where does kidney refer pain
LLQ
RLQ
upper legs
Where does bladder refer pain
Lower groin and inner legs
Major cause of GI bleeding
NSAIDS
What types of foods can make GERD worse
Spicy, acidic foods, fatty foods
How to make hiatal hernia or GERD better
Left sidelying
AVOID flat supine or valsalva
Most common cause of gastitis
NSAIDS
Coffee-ground emeisis can mean what
Peptic ulcer
