NURS 5315 GI 2024/2025 Exam
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Upper GI organs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mouth,pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
and duodenum
Lower GI organs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔small intestine, large intestine, rectum
and anus
Hepatoportal circulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hepatic artery receives
oxygenated blood from the inferior mesenteric, gastric, and cystic veins.
The hepatic portal vein receives deoxygenated blood from the inferior and
superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein and delivers nutrients that have
been absorbed from the intestinal system
Osmotic diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Caused by the presence of a
nonabsorbable substance in the intestines. This pulls water by osmosis into
the intestinal lumen and results in large volume diarrhea. This is how mag
citrate, lactulose and miralax work. Causes include: excessive ingestion of
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, nonabsorbable sugars, tube feedings, dumping syndrome, malabsorption,
pancreatic enzyme deficiency, bile salt deficiency, small intestine bacterial
overgrowth or celiac disease
Secretory diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Results in large volume losses
secondary to infectious causes such as rotavirus, bacterial enterotoxins, or
c-diff.
Motility diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AKA short bowel syndrome. Results
from resection of small intestine or surgical bypass of small intestine, IBS,
diabetic neuropathy, hyperthyroidism, and laxative abuse. Fatty stools and
bloating are common in malabsorption syndrome. Complications include:
dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, metabolic acidosis, weight loss and
malabsorption.
Upper GI bleed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bleeding that occurs in the esophagus,
stomach or duodenum commonly caused by bleeding varices, peptic ulcers
or Mallory-Weiss tear(tearing of esophagus from stomach) Characterized
by frank, bright red or coffee ground emesis.
Lower GI bleed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bleeding in the jejunum, ileum, colon or
rectum from inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, diverticula or
hemorrhoids. Hematochezia, or the presence of bright red blood in the
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Upper GI organs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mouth,pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
and duodenum
Lower GI organs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔small intestine, large intestine, rectum
and anus
Hepatoportal circulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hepatic artery receives
oxygenated blood from the inferior mesenteric, gastric, and cystic veins.
The hepatic portal vein receives deoxygenated blood from the inferior and
superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein and delivers nutrients that have
been absorbed from the intestinal system
Osmotic diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Caused by the presence of a
nonabsorbable substance in the intestines. This pulls water by osmosis into
the intestinal lumen and results in large volume diarrhea. This is how mag
citrate, lactulose and miralax work. Causes include: excessive ingestion of
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, nonabsorbable sugars, tube feedings, dumping syndrome, malabsorption,
pancreatic enzyme deficiency, bile salt deficiency, small intestine bacterial
overgrowth or celiac disease
Secretory diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Results in large volume losses
secondary to infectious causes such as rotavirus, bacterial enterotoxins, or
c-diff.
Motility diarrhea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AKA short bowel syndrome. Results
from resection of small intestine or surgical bypass of small intestine, IBS,
diabetic neuropathy, hyperthyroidism, and laxative abuse. Fatty stools and
bloating are common in malabsorption syndrome. Complications include:
dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, metabolic acidosis, weight loss and
malabsorption.
Upper GI bleed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bleeding that occurs in the esophagus,
stomach or duodenum commonly caused by bleeding varices, peptic ulcers
or Mallory-Weiss tear(tearing of esophagus from stomach) Characterized
by frank, bright red or coffee ground emesis.
Lower GI bleed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bleeding in the jejunum, ileum, colon or
rectum from inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, diverticula or
hemorrhoids. Hematochezia, or the presence of bright red blood in the
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