Nursing

Pass Nursing Pathophysiology by following & learning from this study guide! 38 pages of definitions, diseases/ disorders, and clinical manifestations for multiple body systems covered in Pathophysiology - taken by a straight A nursing student. Detailed and organized notes include information on cellular injury & adaption, genetics, fluids/electrolytes, acids/bases, inflammation & immune system, the integumentary system, GI system, renal system, urologic system, reproductive system, pulmonary sy...

These symptoms are consistent with a gallbladder attack, or cholecystitis. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder (McCance & Huether, 2014). The common cause of cholecystitis is obstruction by gallstones (cholelithiasis). Patients can go years without concern because cholelithiasis often does not present with symptoms. A patient may have gallstones, but it is when they cause an obstruction and inflammation that the symptoms occur. Gallstones are small, hard structures formed by th...