2025) Intro to Family NP Unit 4
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
South Alabama
Question:
What is the main symptom of GERD, and what exacerbates it?
Answer:
heartburn; meals, bending, or recumbency 30-60 minutes after meals
Question:
What condition occurs in which the squamous epithelium of the esophagus is
replaced by metaplastic columnar epithelium containing goblet cells and
columnar cells?
Answer:
Barrett esophagus
,Question:
Patients with typical symptoms of heartburn and regurgitation should be tx
with what?
Answer:
PPI for 4-8 weeks
Question:
What is the most serious complication of Barrett esophagus?
Answer:
esophageal adenocarcinoma
Question:
What is the recommended interval that people with Barrett esophagus should
have endoscopy?
Answer:
every 3-5 years
Question:
How long should patients with GERD be instructed to avoid lying down after
eating?
Answer:
3 hours
,Question:
What is the preferred treatment of acute and chronic GERD?
Answer:
PPIs
Question:
Patients will usually experience relapse of GERD symptoms in 3 months after
discontinuation of PPIs? T/F
Answer:
T
Question:
Who is at most risk for infectious esophagitis?
Answer:
immunocompromised
Question:
What are the most common symptoms of infectious esophagitis?
Answer:
odynophagia and dysphagia
, Question:
What is the name of the disorder in which food or environmental anitgens are
thought to stimulate an inflammatory response?
Answer:
eosinophilic esophagitis
Question:
Most children with eosinophilic esophagitis have other coexisting
_______________ ____________
Answer:
atopic disorders
Question:
What does esophageal varices develop secondary to?
Answer:
portal htn
Question:
What condition is found in 50% of people with cirrhosis?
Answer:
esophageal varices