Solutions
0.4-4.0 microunits/ml Correct Answer normal adult serum
TSH reference range
15-20% Correct Answer percentage bleeding from esophageal
varices is associated with mortality and accounts for one-third of
all deaths
1500 mL Correct Answer amount of fluid that enters colon
each day
25-35% Correct Answer Percentage variceal hemorrhage
occurs in patients with cirrhosis and large esophagogastic
varices
5 types of viral hepatitis Correct Answer A, B, C, D, E
5-8% Correct Answer rate at which esophageal varices
develop per year in patients with cirrhosis and portal
hypertension, 80% of patients with cirrhosis will eventually
develop this complication
60-70% Correct Answer percentage of patients who will
experience recurrent variceal hemorrhage if no long term
therapy is instituted after control of acute hemorrhage
90% Correct Answer percent of fluid absorbed in large
intestine
,a in praxis Correct Answer accountability for actions
AccessMedicine Correct Answer available through UConn
Library Nursing Database; provides access to medical and
scientific textbooks
accessory organs of the GI tract Correct Answer liver,
gallbladder and pancreas
actue cholecystitis Correct Answer (inflammation and
infection): symptoms include fever, leukocytes, N&V
alcohol Correct Answer in excess may lead to cirrhosis but
generally, alcoholic liver disease results from the toxic effects of
alcohol along with preexisting liver disease (generally a chronic
process)
alendronate [Fosamax] Correct Answer most commonly used
medication used for osteoporosis
alteration in gut microbiota Correct Answer (normal flora)
antibiotic associated
antacids Correct Answer aluminum hydroxide, magnesium
hydroxide, calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate: also cover
and protect
antiemetics Correct Answer are more effective in preventing
CINV than in suppressing CINV in progress
give BEFORE chemotherapy drugs
, monotherapy and combination therapy may be needed
antihistamines Correct Answer dimenhydrinate [Dramamine],
meclizine [Antivert], cyclizine
considered anticholinergics; block receptors for acetylcholine
and histamine
side effects: sedation (H receptor blocking), dry mouth, blurred
vision, urinary retention, constipation (muscarinic receptor
blocking)
appendicitis Correct Answer inflammation of the vermiform
appendix
ascites and esophageal varices Correct Answer complications
due to portal hypertension associated with cirrhosis
assessment, nursing diagnosis/analysis, planning,
implementation, evaluation Correct Answer steps of the
nursing process in order
Barret's esophagus Correct Answer the replacement of the
normal squamous epithelium of the distal esophagus with
specialized intestinal metaplasia (SIM) thought to be caused by
chronic GERD
associated with an increased risk for esophageal
aednocarcinoma