NSG 554 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NSG 554 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027

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symptoms of appendicitis - ANS ✔✔RLQ pain, abdominal rigidity, fever

McBurney's point - ANS ✔✔Pain in RLQ with appendicitis

Rovsing's sign - ANS ✔✔Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ indicative of appendicitis

Obturator sign - ANS ✔✔RLQ pain on internal rotation of right thigh indicative of appendicitis

Psoas sign - ANS ✔✔RLQ pain with extension of right thigh indicative of appendicitis

bump sign - ANS ✔✔patient notes abd pain when driving over a speed bump

Markle sign - ANS ✔✔pain elicited in a certain area of the abdomen when the standing patient drops
from standing on toes to the heels with a jarring landing

simple appendicitis treatment - ANS ✔✔metronidazole and ceftizoxime

diagnostics for appendicitis - ANS ✔✔abdominal CT w/ contrast, CBC, BMP, amylase and lipase, Hcg,
urinalysis

Murphy's sign - ANS ✔✔pain with palpation of the RUQ during inspiration, indicative of cholecystitis

Charcot's triad - ANS ✔✔RUQ pain, fever, jaundice

Reynold's pentad - ANS ✔✔Charcott's Triad +
- Hypotension
- AMS
1. RUQ pain
2. Jaudice
3. Fever
4. Hypotension
5. AMS
*Associated w/supporative cholangitis, poorer prognosis*

Ursodeoxycholic acid - ANS ✔✔Medication used to dissolve small gallstones in patients who are poor
surgical candidates

Also, the treatment for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

laparoscopic cholecystectomy is contraindicated in - ANS ✔✔coagulopathy, cirrhosis, portal htn,
pregnancy, peritonitis, cardiopulmonary disease, prior surgical adhesions

Acalculous Cholecystitis antibiotic - ANS ✔✔piperacillin

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