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What @\is @\the @\gold @\standard @\to @\diagnose @\acute @\pancreatitis?
a @\- @\KUB
b @\- @\Ultrasound
c @\- @\MRI
d @\- @\CT
e- @\all @\of @\the @\above @\- @\(correct @\answer) @\-B. @\Use @\ultrasound @\to @\diagnose @\acute @\
pancreatitis. @\KUBs @\can @\show @\calcified @\gallstones, @\air @\in @\the @\peritoneal @\space, @\or @\
atelectasis @\of @\lower @\lobe @\of @\lungs. @\CT @\can @\show @\an @\enlarged @\pancreas, @\
differentiate @\pancreatitis @\froom @\other @\intra0abd @\problems, @\and @\provides @\initial @\
assessment @\of @\prognosis. @\CT @\or @\MRIs @\are @\valuable @\after @\the @\first @\3 @\days @\to @\
identify @\areas @\of @\necrotizing @\pancreatitis.
A @\55M @\presents @\to @\your @\primary @\care @\clinic @\with @\deep @\epigastic @\pain @\radiating @\
into @\his @\back, @\nausea, @\vomiting, @\sweating, @\abd @\tenderness/distention, @\and @\fever. @\Labs
@\show @\leukocytosis, @\elevated @\serum @\amylase @\and @\serum @\lipase. @\What @\kind @\of @\
imaging @\do @\you @\order @\for @\diagnosis?
a @\- @\HIDA @\scan
b @\- @\CT
c @\- @\MRI
, d @\- @\Ultrasound
e @\- @\KUB @\- @\(correct @\answer) @\-D. @\Use @\ultrasound @\to @\diagnose @\acute @\pancreatitis.
A @\5 @\year @\old @\girl @\presents @\to @\your @\primary @\care @\clinic @\with @\bloody @\diarrhea @\and
@\fever. @\On @\exam, @\you @\note @\that @\her @\abdomen @\is @\distended @\and @\tender @\but @\
otherwise @\has @\good @\skin @\turgor, @\moist @\mucosal @\membranes, @\and @\tolerates @\eating @\
and @\drinking. @\Her @\mother @\says @\that @\her @\daughter @\has @\had @\multiple @\loose @\stools @\
and @\fever @\after @\a @\recent @\course @\of @\antibiotics @\in @\the @\hospital. @\What @\statement @\
from @\the @\mother @\demonstrates @\that @\she @\understands @\discharge @\instructions?
a-"I @\need @\to @\bring @\her @\to @\the @\hospital @\for @\IV @\antibiotics."
b-"I @\need @\to @\bring @\her @\to @\the @\hospital @\for @\IV @\steroids."
c-"I @\will @\treat @\her @\at @\home @\with @\Flagyl @\(metronidazole) @\by @\mouth."
d-"I @\will @\treat @\her @\at @\home @\with @\prednisone @\by @\mouth."
e-"I @\can @\treat @\her @\fever @\at @\home @\and @\the @\diarrhea @\will @\resolve @\on @\its @\own." @\-
@\(correct @\answer) @\-C. @\C. @\diff @\is @\suspected @\because @\of @\the @\recent @\course @\of @\
antibiotics, @\a @\hospital @\stay, @\and @\fever. @\This @\requires @\PO @\metronidazole @\or @\
vancomycin. @\Use @\PO @\prednisone @\for @\ulcerative @\colitis. @\Gastroenteritis @\is @\usually @\self-
limiting.
The @\FNP @\diagnosed @\a @\10 @\month @\old @\infant @\with @\gastroesophageal @\reflux @\(GER). @\
What @\statements @\from @\the @\parent @\require @\further @\education @\(select @\all @\that @\apply)?
@\
A- @\"I @\must @\offer @\my @\baby @\larger @\feedings @\with @\more @\space @\between @\meals."
B- @\"I @\must @\offer @\my @\baby @\fewer @\feedings @\with @\less @\space @\between @\meals."
C- @\"You @\will @\refer @\us @\to @\a @\specialist @\if @\you @\suspect @\that @\my @\baby @\is @\not @\
growing."
D- @\"This @\condition @\is @\not @\usually @\harmful @\and @\will @\resolve @\by @\18 @\months."
E- @\"This @\condition @\is @\harmful @\and @\we @\must @\be @\seen @\by @\a @\GI @\specialist @\
immediately." @\- @\(correct @\answer) @\-A, @\E. @\Offer @\smaller @\feedings @\at @\more @\frequent @\
intervals. @\Parents @\can @\thicken @\feedings @\with @\rice @\cereal @\(2-3 @\tsp/oz @\of @\formula). @\
Further @\investigation @\is @\warranted @\if @\failure @\to @\thrive @\is @\suspected.
The @\following @\are @\risk @\factors @\for @\what @\disease @\process?