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What is the normal PH of the stomach |
nuetral PH is 7 Less than 7 is acidic over 7 is alkaltic |
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Secretions from stomach acidic or alkalitic |
Acidic |
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what does it mean if your NG tube aspiration fluid is alkalitic |
You went too far might be in the intestines should be in stomach where it is 4-5PH acidic |
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breakdown of nutrients (term) |
digestion
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chewing food (Term) |
Mastication |
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how much fluid is in feces |
75% of water |
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feces |
should sink not be foamy soft light brown color
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What initiates digestion |
Pepsin |
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Small intestine secretes |
amylase, trypsin, lipase, bile |
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what digests carbs |
amylase, lipase |
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what digest protein |
pepsin, trypsin, hydrocloric acid |
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what digest fat |
bile, lipase |
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abdomnial pain AKA |
dyspepsia( upset stomach)most common symptom, indigestion, abdominal pain |
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how is diarrehha classified |
3 loose stools a day |
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hematochezia |
blood in stool lower GI bleed
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melana |
dark tarry stool upper GI bleed |
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1st thing to do with abdominal assessment |
inspect |
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how long to listen before charting no bowel sounds |
3-5 minutes |
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Barium? |
may make stools milky and should encourage fluids to ensure that all barium is released. Used with EGD |
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Fecal occult test |
use when suspect bloody stool Contraindicated if they eat BEETS/Aspirn/NSAIDS won't do it if they have HEMORIODS |
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How many hours do you have to fast before an abdominal ultrasound? |
8hrs |
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why would you perform a colonoscopy? |
to check the lower GI tract especially if there is red bloody stools |
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EGD is a lower GI tract study? True or False |
False it is an upper GI study and is used when people present with melana |
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what age should people get a colonoscopy? |
40 |
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colonoscopy? |
checks ascending, transverse, sigmoid colons ** have PT lay on Left side |
