NURS 487 Gi disfunction Exam | Questions & 100% Correct Answers (Verified) | Latest Update | Grade A

Nausea : feeling of discomfort in the epigastrium with a conscious desire to vomit. Vomiting : forceful ejection of partially digested food and secretions (emesis) from the upper GI tract. regurgitation : process in which partially digested food is slowly brought up from the stomach. Retching or vomiting seldom precedes it. projectile vomiting : very forceful expulsion of stomach contents without nausea and is a characteristic of CNS tumours or increased ICP. What controls vomiting? 2 | P a g e : brainstem is the vomiting centre of the brain, responds to stimuli from visceral receptors (GI tract, kidneys, uterus..) Chemoreceptors and can be protective. complications of vomiting? : risk for aspiration and dehydration What should be looked at with emesis? : type, color, contents what does coffee grounds emesis indicate? : bleeding from the stomach Symptoms of Vomiting : anorexia, lack of appetite, dehydration, tachycardia, tachypnea, weight loss, fecal odor from breath, bile in emesis GERD : backward movement of stomach contents (HCL, pepsin, and trypsin) into the esophagus causing irritation. what can increase GERD symptoms?