Gastrointestinal/Stoma

Question 1

When does auscultation happen

Answer 1

BEFORE percussion/palpation

Question 2

Protuberant abdoment causes

Answer 2

central obesity, pregnancy, ascites

Question 3

ways to differentiate between ascites and obesity

Answer 3

ascites: rapid change, protruding umbilicus, percussion

Question 4

Five Fs of abdominal distension

Answer 4

fat, flatus (gas), feces, fluid (ascites), fetus

Question 5

striae

Answer 5

stretch marks

Question 6

spider angiomas on face associated with disease of which organ

Answer 6

liver disease/cirrhosis

Question 7

feeling an aortic pulse is normal/abnormal

Answer 7

normal – but bulging isn’t

Question 8

t/f: you should palpate a bulging mass

Answer 8

Nope, get help (especially if it’s in the vascular system)

Question 9

higher fat stool will be…

Answer 9

smellier and floating (can be yellow or greasy)

Question 10

red stool

Answer 10

bleeding in rectum

Question 11

maroon stool

Answer 11

bleeding lower parts of intestine

Question 12

black/not sticky, no odor

Answer 12

iron or bismuth containing medications

Question 13

black-tarry/foul odor

Answer 13

bleeding in stomach or upper part of small intestine

Question 14

clay colored or pale stool

Answer 14

little or no bile – obstruction/disease, liver

Question 15

yellow/greasy/foul smell

Answer 15

undigested fat