UPPER GIT Flashcards
WHAT CAN OSTEOS TALK TO PATIENTS ABOUT REGARDING THE PT ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR VISCERAL COMPLAINT
DIET
FLUID INTAKE
EATING BEHAVIOURS
EXERCISE
STRESS MANAGEMENT
MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC CONTRAINDICATIONS TO VISCERAL TREATMENT
NEW OR WORSENING SYMPTOMS
ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
NEW SURGICAL SCARRING ON THE ABDOMEN
GASTRIC BANDS OR SLEEVES
ULCERS
ADVERSE RESPONSE TO TREATMENT
RECENT CONSUMPTION OF A LARGE MEAL
WHEN CAN A PAIN FREE ACUTE ABDOMEN OCCUR
OLDER PEOPLE, CHILDREN, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, AND LAST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
PTS WITH ACUTE ONSET ABDOMINAL PAIN WILL OFTEN ALSO PRESENT WITH
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
WHAT IS ACUTE ABDOMEN CAUSED BY
INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, OBSTRUCTION OR VASCULAR OCCLUSION
ACUTE PAIN OCCURING IN THE GROIN COULD BE
TESTICULAR TORSION
HERNIA
ACUTE PAIN OCCURING IN THE RIF COULD BE
APPENDICITIS
CROHN DISEASE
DIVERTICULITIS
RENAL OR URETERIC COLIC
MESENTERIC ADENITIS
ACUTE PAIN OCCURING IN THE CENTRAL ABDOMEN COULD BE
SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
GASTRO
EARLY APPENDICITIS
RUPTURED AAA
MESENTERIC ISCHAEMIA
ACUTE PAIN IN THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM COULD BE
BILARY COLIC
CHOLECYSTITIS
ASCENDING CHOLANGITIS
ACUTE HEPATITIS
ACUTE PAIN OCCURING IN THE EPIGASTRIC AREA COULD BE
GASTRITIS
PERFORATED ULCER
CHOLECYSTITIS
PANCREATITIS
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (REFERRED)
LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA (REFERRED)
ACUTE PAIN IN THE LEFT HYPOCHONDRIUM COULD BE
KIDNEY COLIS
URINARY INFECTION
SPLENIC INFARCT/ RUPTURE
LOWER ABDOMINAL ACUTE PAIN COULD BE CAUSED BY
LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
LIF ACUTE PAIN COULD BE
DIVERTICULITIS OR URETERIC COLIC
SUPRAPUBIC ACUTE PAIN/ HYPOGASTRIC PAIN COULD BE
RUPTURES ECTOPIC OVARY
ACUTE PID
RUPTURED OVARIAN CYST
TORSION OF THE OVARY
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE RUQ COULD BE
PYLEONEPHRITIS
CHOLECYSTITIS
URETERIC COLIC
HEPATITIS
PNEUMONIA
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE EPIGASTRIC REGION COULD BE
PUD
CHOLECYSTITIS
PANCREATITIS
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE LUQ COULD BE
GASTRIC ULCER
PYLEONEPHRITIS
URETERIC COLIC
PNEUMONUA
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE RLQ COULD BE
APPENDICTIS
URETERIC COLIC
INGUINAL HERNIA
IBD
UTI
GYNAECOLOGICAL
TESTICULAR TORSION
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE PERI UMBILICAL REGION COULD BE
SMALL OR LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
APPENDICITIS
AAA
COMMON ACUTE PAIN IN THE LLQ COULD BE
DIVERTICULITIS
URETERIC COLIC
INGUINAL HERNIA
IBD
UTI
GYNAECOLOGICAL TESTICULAR TORSION
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EMERGENCY VISITIS DOES AAP ACCOUNT FOR
7-10%
WHAT ARE THE HISTORICAL RED FLAGS FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
OLDER THAN 65
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
MULTIPLE COMORBIDITIES
PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERY
ALCOHOLISM
PREGNANCY
WHAT ARE THE PAIN AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION RED FLAGS FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
SUDDEN AND SEVERE ONSET
CONSTANT PAIN
FEVER
TACHYCARDIA OR HYPOTENSION
SHOCK
INVOLUNTARY GUARDING OF ABDOMEN
T OR F ANY PT PRESENTING TO AN OSTEO WITH ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN MUST BE REFERRED FOR MEDICAL ASSESSMENT
TRUE