GI/Renal System

Question 1

Liver size

Answer 1

6-12 cm

Question 2

children have rounded bellys because and untill

Answer 2

less abdominal musculature and 6yos

Question 3

acid reflux and pregnancy

Answer 3

pyrosis, dur eot pregnancy because baby is pushing on stomach

Question 4

increased venous pressure (during pregnancy can cause)

Answer 4

hemmoriods

Question 5

pregnancy can cause diminished bowel sounds because

Answer 5

intestines have been pushed upwards

Question 6

striae and linea niagra

Answer 6

red then turn silver

Question 7

gastric acid decrease in elderly is caused by

Answer 7

iron deficiency and malabsorption of Ca, and b12 deficiency

Question 8

Lactose intolerance

Answer 8

common in Native americans, AA, asians, mediterraneans

Question 9

IBS and constipation

Answer 9

consider lactose intolerance

Question 10

dysphagia caused by

Answer 10

strictures or CVA

Question 11

hematemesis

Answer 11

bloody emesis

Question 12

melena

Answer 12

GI bleeding (occult blood)

Question 13

greenish black stools

Answer 13

can be due to iron pills

Question 14

red stools

Answer 14

means bleeding is closer to exit

Question 15

grey white stools

Answer 15

build up of fat, causes white/grey stools, malfunctioning of gallbladder/ common bile duct

Question 16

if liver pressure increased

Answer 16

blakemore tube is inserted to release pressure/stop bleeding

Question 17

breast feeding can cause

Answer 17

looser more frequent stool in infants

Question 18

protuberant abdomen can be caused by

Answer 18

fat and liver failure

Question 19

hernia

Answer 19

intestines break through abdomen wall

Question 20

scaphoid abdomen

Answer 20

dipped in below the ribs

Question 21

client demeanor

Answer 21

stillness/guarding

knees flexed, grimacing

Question 22

may see normal aortic pulsation if (in CVA)

Answer 22

patient is extremely thin

Question 23

Borborygmus

Answer 23

hyper peristalsis

Question 24

if patient is under ansthesia you might

Answer 24

not hear bowel sounds

Question 25

heptaomegaly

Answer 25

enlargement of the liver

Question 26

blumbergs sign

Answer 26

push down slowly and deeply and lift up quickly `

Question 27

Murphys sign

Answer 27

inspiratory arrest

Question 28

inflamed galbladder

Answer 28

cholecystitis

Question 29

Psoas muscle test

Answer 29

perioneal inflammartion or apendicitis

Question 30

apendicitis

Answer 30

umbilicus

Question 31

cholecystisis

Answer 31

midepigastric

right scapula

Question 32

pancreatitis

Answer 32

radiates to midepigastric area and in the back

Question 33

cardiac refered pain

Answer 33

pain in jaw/ left arm