Pyloric stenosis Flashcards
How is pyloric stenosis differ from GER?
projectile vomiting usually after feedings (since this baby is losing all his/her food, she/he’s still hungry)
GER results in_____ formula with gastric juice.
spitting up
when you have pyloric stenosis, the pyloris is enlarged (that’s why you can palpate it) and it’s so big, that it made the opening in the center of that sphincter teeny tiny, so now, the stomach is working hard to push fluid through that tiny little opening. this causes pressure to build up in the stomach (that’s why they have abdominal distention) and that’s also why they have projectile vomiting.
abdominal assessment of pyloric stenosis reveals an____ shaped mass in the epigastrium region (near the umbilicus)
an olive (the enlarged pyloris)
what would some important nursing interventions for an infant with pyloric stenosis?
- hydration
- intake and output
- daily weight
- urine specific gravity
