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10 Cards in this Set
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12 symptoms you ask Pt about in upper GI systematic enquiry |
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10 symptoms you ask Pt about in lower GI systematic enquiry |
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3 drugs you ask the Pt if they've taken in GI history taking |
Antacids, NSAIDs, Aspirin |
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3 things to ask the Pt about past medical history in the GI history taking |
Previous known GI disease Travel Blood transfusion |
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4 things to ask the Pt about in family history section of GI history taking |
Gastric cancer Peptic ulcer Bowel disease Liver disease |
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List 5 indications of nasogastric intubation |
Aspiration of gastric contents Decompression of GI obstruction Administration of medication Short term enteral feeding Drainage of gastric secretions / blood |
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List 5 contraindications of nasogastric intubation |
Facial or cranial injuries CSF Rhinorrhoea Oropharyngeal tumours Oesophageal tumors, surgery or varices Slowed gastric motility |
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Explain the differences between a wide bore and fine bore NG tube |
Wide bore/Ryles tube 9-16 Fr diameter Short term Drainage Fine bore <9 Fr diameter Guide wire to aid insertion |
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List times when NG tube position must be checked |
Immediately following insertion Prior to administration of food/meds At least once per day during continuous feeding Following any episodes of coughing, retching or vomiting Upon any evidence tube is displaced i.e. loose tape |
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List complications of nasogastric intubation |
Nose bleeding Nose and throat irritation Mucosal damage Incorrect placement - lung, brain, oesophagus Retropharyngeal abscess Sinusitis Parotitis Reflux stomach contents into oesophagus |
