Gastritis common clinical manifestations - answer☑️✔️..N/V, diarrhea, abdominal pain,
anorexia, postprandial discomfort (paint after eating), and hematemesis. Could also be
asymptomatic.
Peptic Ulcer Disease most common clinical manifestations - answer☑️✔️..Mild epigastric
burning pain usually relieved by INTAKE of food (especially dairy products).
What increases GERD? - answer☑️✔️..Tight clothing, laying flat at night, obesity, smoking,
pregnancy.
What causes acute on chronic kidney disease? - answer☑️✔️..Any type of prerenal injury
(hemorrhage, sepsis)
What can precipitate kidney stone formation? - answer☑️✔️..Dehydration-working in the heat
and higher levels of solute in urine from excess secretion (calcium and uric acid).
What happens in antibiotic-associated colitis in the large intestines (Enterocolitis also known as
pseudomembranous colitis)? - answer☑️✔️..Mucosal necrosis caused by C. Diff and acute
inflammation in large intestine. Will have higher WBC.
Antibiotic associated colitis is know as what and causes changes in what labs? -
answer☑️✔️..Pseudomembranous Colitis and causes an increase in WBC.
Common manifestation of diverticula. - answer☑️✔️..Constipation and also can be
asymptomatic.
Why do diverticulum develop? - answer☑️✔️..Low intake in fiber.
, What happens in short bowel syndrome? - answer☑️✔️..Malabsorption due to the bowel not
being there.
What the priority assessment for patient with esophageal varices? - answer☑️✔️..Hemorrhage
When do you have pain from gastric and duodenum ulcers? - answer☑️✔️..Gastric pain will
occur on an empty stomach or seconds after eating.
Duodenum pain will occur 2-3 hours after eating when the stomach is empty and the food is
sitting in the duodenum.
What lab valves do you want to educate fellow RN on CKD patients? -
answer☑️✔️..BUN/creatinine, GFR, H&H, RBC, albumin, potassium, sodium, mag, calcium, and
phosphorus, Metabolic Acidosis
Why does end stage renal diseases at risk for osteodystrophy and and bone fractures -
answer☑️✔️..Having elevated phosphorus and PTH causes altered bone/mineral metabolism.
The kidneys are unable to reabsorb calcium.
How do we confirm acute kidney injury? - answer☑️✔️..Creatinine will increase 0.3 in 48
hours or increase 1.5x baseline in 7 days or the urine output less than 0.5 mg/kg/hr for 6 hours.
What will the patient look like of they miss hemodialysis? - answer☑️✔️..Changes in mental
status, lethargic, increase in BUN, metabolic acidosis, deep and rapid RR, skeletal muscle
weakness, edema, fluid overload, N/V, dysrhythmias, over all feeling terrible.
What are the types of inflammatory bowel disorder? - answer☑️✔️..Crohn's and Ulcerative
Colitis.