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1. lab studies
regard- ing GI LFTS, metabolic panels, triglyceride levels, iron studies, CBC
2. visceral pain cramping aching squeezing diflcult to pinpoitn
3. parietal pain steady severe pain that can be localized
4. dyspepsia indigestion
5. common signs
of GI disease jaundice, ascites, engorged veins
6. normal
active 5-35 sounds per min
sounds
7. occult blood non visible blood
8. breath test used to evaluate carb absorption
9. urea breath test detects presence of helicobacter pylori which live in mucosal lining and
cause
peptic ulcer disease
10. what is urea breath patient swallows pill of carbon labeled urea and breath sample
obtained 10 to
test 20 min later
11. barium swallow studies the upper GI and derangement, can detect ulcers, tumors,
enteritis, and
malabsorption syndrome
12. nursing implica-
tions for fast after midnight, oral meds withheld
barium
swallow
13. barium enema studies the lower GI tract can detect polyps, tumors, lesions of the
large intestine
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14. cleansing bowel, NPO after midnight, cleansing enemas
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