GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam- Cumulative
Questions and Correct Answers| Latest Update
Pancreatitis treatment
-No oral intake: IV fluids
-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate
-cholecystectomy
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI
-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI
Depressed ST
,Costochondritis
-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis
Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid
abdomen, dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC
Peritonitis
Appendicitis
Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant, fever
, S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty
Cholelithiasis
Cholecystitis
gallstone stuck in the cystic duct
RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower
shoulder, Test for pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out
pancreatitis
Cholecystitis
Pancreatitis
bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating at pancreas
Questions and Correct Answers| Latest Update
Pancreatitis treatment
-No oral intake: IV fluids
-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate
-cholecystectomy
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI
-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI
Depressed ST
,Costochondritis
-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis
Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid
abdomen, dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC
Peritonitis
Appendicitis
Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant, fever
, S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty
Cholelithiasis
Cholecystitis
gallstone stuck in the cystic duct
RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower
shoulder, Test for pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out
pancreatitis
Cholecystitis
Pancreatitis
bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating at pancreas
