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Symptomatology Flashcards

1
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What is a fever equivalent in the elderly?

A

Altered mental status

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What is a pain equivalent in the elderly?

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Anorexia, nausea, and vomiting

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Epigastric pain is indicative of what?

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Foregut pathology; everything down to the upper duodenum including the respiratory tract, liver, pancreas, and biliary tree

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Umbilical pain is indicative of what?

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Midgut pathology; lower duodenum to the first 2/3 of the transverse colon

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Suprapubic pain is indicative of what?

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Hindgut pathology; last 1/3 of transverse colon to anus

or bladder pathology

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