NR 511 Week 2 Reading: Chapter 11 Review – Abdominal Problems
NR 511 Week 2 Reading: Chapter 11 Review – Abdominal Problems
Common Complaints
- Abdominal Pain
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Dyspepsia/Heartburn
- Jaundice
- Melena
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Dysphagia
Common Problems
- GERD
- Gastroenteritis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Cholecystitis
- Acute Pancreatitis
Chronic Pancreatitis
- Slowly progressive inflammatory process that results in irreversible fibrosis of the pancreas w/ destruction & atrophy of the exocrine & endocrine glandular tissue
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Subjective
- Objective
- Diagnostics
- Diff Dx
- Management
Hepatiti
Cirrhosis and Liver Failure (LF)
- Cirrhosis – end result of hepatocellular injury involving the entire liver, resulting in fibrosis, nodular regeneration, and distorted hepatic architecture
- Abdominal Hernia/Inguinal Hernia
- Appendicitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease – CD
- UC
- IBS
- Bowel Obstruction
- Diverticulitis
- Colorectal Cancer
- Hemorrhoids