NUR 2063 Pathophysiology Rasmussen
- What causes rigid abdomen in peritonitis?
Answer inflammation and abdominal mus- cle spasm
- What disorder results in mechanical bowel obstruction?
Answer Intussection
- What is the cause of a hiatal hernia?
Answer weakness of the diaphragmatic muscle allows part of the stomach to poke through
- What is the cause of diarrhea with antibiotic ingestion?
Answer The balance of "good" bacteria in the gut is disrupted
- What diseases cause H. pylori?
Answer ingestion of contaminated products or contact with body fluids from an infected individual
- What diseases does H. pylori cause?
Answer gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, duodenal ulcers, duodinitis, various stomach cancers and duodenal cancers
- What are the inflammatory bowel diseases?
Answer Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
- What causes pancreatitis? 1 / 3
Answer Alcoholism and gallstones (70% of all cases) Drug use
Biliary Tract Disease Trauma Infection
- Define intussusception
Answer The proximal segment of the intestine telescoping into the distal segment and pulling the mesentery with it
- What causes heartburn?
Answer acid refluxing back into the esophagus
- What is fecal impaction?
Answer prolonged retention or an accumulation of fecal material that forms a hardened mass in the rectum
- mechanical bowel obstruction
Answer Refers to a bowel obstruction that occurs as a result of blockage of the bowel lumen
- what kind of bowel obstruction would fecal impaction be considered?
Answer me- chanical
- How is Hepatitis A transmitted?
Answer Fecal-oral route - usually through contami- nated food.
- How is hepatitis B transmitted?
Answer Through body fluids such as blood, sexual fluids, and saliva 2 / 3
- How is hepatitis C transmitted?
Answer Through body fluids, primarily blood.
- How is hepatitis E transmitted?
Answer fecal-oral route
- What is the cause of cleft lip and palate?
Answer Failure of the facial prominences to fuse
multifactorial in origin—that is, they involve a combination of environmental and hereditary factors. Such defects have been associated with genetic mutations, maternal diabetes, drugs (e.g., anticonvulsants), toxins, viruses, vitamin deficiencies
(e.g., folate), alcohol, and cigarette smoking. Having one child with an oral cleft increases the risk of having a second child with this condition.
- What are the clinical manifestations of appendicitis?
Answer vary significantly in severity, from asymptomatic to sudden and severe. The first symptom is often pain near the umbilicus. As swelling increases, the pain tends to move to the lower
right quadrant of the abdomen (McBurney point). The pain gradually intensifies over approximately 12-24 hours. It is often aggravated by movement, so patients tend to guard their abdomen.
- What is GERD?
Answer excessive reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus, heart- burn
- What are the complications of GERD?
Answer erosive esophagitis, stricture, Barrett esophagus, esophageal cancer
- What are the consequenses of untreated gastroenteritis?
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