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Sodium (Na)
135-145
Potassium (K+)
3.5-5.0
Calcium (Ca+)
9-10.5
Magnesium (Mg)
1.8-3.0
BUN
5-25
Specific Gravity
1.010-1.025
Creatine
0.5-1.5
PT & Therapeutic Level
10-13 sec
TL=1.5-2x
PTT & TL
60-70 sec
TL 1.5-2.5x
aPTT & TL
20-35 sec
TL 1.5-2.5x
INR
2.0-3.0
Hemoglobin
12-15
Hematocrit
36-45
WBC
5-10K
RBC
4.5-5.0
Platelet
150-400
Albumin
3.5-5.0
protein
6.4-8.3
Glucose (fasting)
70-110
Iron
M=80-180
F=60-160
Osmolality
280-300
Bilirubin
0.3-1.2
Amylase
30-110
Lipase
40-375
ALT
10-40 u/L
AST
15-40 U/L
Pancreatitis
Grey Turner-Spots
Cullen's sign-bluish periumbil
Watch for Chvostek's & Trousseaus sign. No Alcohol, Demerol, Hyperglycemia, worse w/lying down
GERD
Antacids-Take 1 hr ac (Mylanta, Riopan)
H2Receptor-Take w/meals and HS,

Proton Pump "zole"
Liver Biopsy
Check PT(INR)/PTT and Vitamin K
Gastroscopy
Consent Needed
NPO
Check Gag reflex
Colonoscopy
Consent needed
Bowel prep (Go-Lytely)
Risk for perforation
Celiac
NO BROW-Barley, Rye, Oats, Wheat

YES-corn, rice, soybeans, potatoes
Lactase
Lactose free diet. May need Ca supplement
Sedation
Narcotics-Demerol, Morphine=pain relief.

Reversal=naloxone (Narcan)
Sedation: diminish anxiety, amnesia
benzodiazepines. (Versed, Ativan, Valium) Reversal=flumazenil (Romazicon)
General Anesthesia
propofol (Diprivan), etomidate, Ketamine. Short duration does not relieve pain
Evaluate pt q5min
Think oxygenation before drugs
Snoring=think airway
Cholethiasis (stones in GB)
5 F's
Labs (I) WBC, bilirubin
Treatment: Dissolve it (UDCA)
Endoscopic-remove it
Extracorporeal shock wave=Lithotripsy
T-Tube
-drainage 500ml/day bright yellow-dark green.
Care of T-Tube"
Check daily
keep tube below suture
prevent kinks
Cushing syndrome
Corticosteroids
"Some People Get Cold"
Wean slowly
Poor wound healing
decreased immunity
weight gain, moon face, buffalo hump
Cholecystitis (inflammation of GB)
S/S-irriated by fatty food
Acute onset, colicky
Severe RUQ pain-R subscapular area
N/V
+Murphy sign
steatorrhea
Hepatits A-oral/fecal
Hep B-IV, Sex Vaccine

Hep C-no vaccine, no symptoms until damage severe
Treatment: Interferon (INF-alpha) horrible flu like symptoms s/e
Hep D-must have Hep B
sudden onset/death

Hep E=transmission through contaminated water supply
Hep Disease Course
Pre-Icteric=1-21 days (flu like symptoms, smoker loses taste for cig)

Icteric-2-4wks
Bilirubin 3x normal=jaundice
Dark Urine
Clay colored stool
Pruritus from bile salts in skin
Hepatomegaly
Lymphadenopathy
Post Icteric-2-4 months
Malaise, easy fatigability
Dissappearance of jaundice does not mean liver is healed

Stay away from acetaminophen and alcohol for 1 yr!

Diet (I) calorie, protein, carb, (D) fat
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Symptoms: Intermittent, Alternating diarrhea & constipation w/o pain, relieved by passing stool, Abd distention, increase flatulence, Feel urge to defcate/sensation of incomplete evacuation
Treatment:
Diet modifications
Increase fiber, low fat

Drugs:
Anticholinergic (dicyclomine, Betyl)
Antidiarrheal (Lomotol) (Imodium)
Laxatives
Antiflatulent (simethicone (Mylicon)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ulcerative Colitis:
S/S bloody diarrhea, abd pain
Toxic megacolon, risk for perf
malabs, risk for cancer

TX: Bowel rest
Diet: NPO, (I) calorie, (I) protein, low residue
Drugs: Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)=urine orange-red
allergy risk, increase fluids sulfa crystalizes in kidneys

Corticosteroids
15-20% surgery
Chron's Disease-ulcerations deep "cobblestone" Abscesses/fistulas, scarring causes stricture formation & intestinal obstruction.

S/S-diarrhea-non-bloody, abd pain, weight loss

DX: colonoscopy shows inflammation, granulomas (little tumors)
TX: Bowel Res, (I)protein, (I) calorie, (D) fat, low residue, NO MILK

Drugs: Sulfasalazine, corticosteroids,
Metronidazole (Flagyl)
Infliximab (Remicade)
Nutrient supplement (Iron, Ca)
B12 injection
Surgery-results in short bowel syndrome
Peritonitis (Inflammation of Peritoneum)
S/S= Abd pain, Ab tenderness
(Rovsing's sign)(McBarney point)

Kehr's sign=left shoulder tip pain, free air from perforation

Ab muscular rigidity, board like
position fetal
These people are very sick contact MD!

NPO-prep for surgery
Digoxin: (decreases HR)
Therapeutic dose= 0.5-2
Toxic over 2
Apical pulse 1 min hold if <60
(D) K+, (D) Mg, (I) Ca+=toxicity monitor values
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Heparin: anticoagulant
(I) effect w/aspirin, alcohol, antibiotics, (I) risk of bleeding, garlic, ginger, ginko, ginseng, chamile

(D) effect w/ digoxin, antihistamine, nitro-glycerin
Monitor Therapeutic Range=
PTT 1.5-2.5x control

Antidote=Protamine Sulfate
Corticosteroids "one"
Take early in AM w/food
Never STOP abruptly
Monitor glucose
S Na (I)
P K (D)
G Glucose (I)
C Ca+ (D)
"Some people get cold"
Glascow Coma Scale
Best =15
Worse=3
Less than 8=coma
LOC
Presence
Voice
Touch
Pain-minimum of 15 seconds
(Alert and Oriented x4) Name, Location, Time, Month, Season, year, Event
Pupils
PERL-pupils equal, reactive to light

PERLA-Pupils equal, reactive to light and accomodation

PERRLA-Pupils Equal, Round and reactive to light
Motor Assessment:
0=no contraction/no response
1=slight contraction/flicker trace
2=Full ROM/w/gravity (Sideways)
3=Full ROM/move against gravity
4-Full ROM/against some resistance
5-Full ROM/against resistance

Best=5
Decorticate (Flexion)=damage to corticispinal tract
Decerebrate (extension)=brain stem damage
Proprioception/Cellular Function:
Grasp finger/toe move and ask direction
Vibration-tuning fork to distal toe/finger
Cortical Sensation
Stereognosis=recognize feeling of familiar object in hand (pen)

Graphesthesia-trace symbol in hand

Two point discrimination
Cerebellar Function-balance coordination
-Walk heal to toe
-Ataxia-unsteady gait
-Foot drop-high knee slap foot down
Parkisonian shuffle-stooped posture
Spastic paralysis-pt throws leg forward
Romberg Test=feet together, eyes closed for 20sec loss of balance =+
Rapid Alternating Movement (RAM)
-Pat hand to knee and flip over
-Fine motore
-Gross motor
Negative dolls eye=brain stem damage

decorticate=flexion (corticospinal tract)

Decerebrate-brain stem damage
Tonic-Clonic Seizure
Tonic-stiffening 20 sec
Clonic=subsequent jerking

Typical Absence
-glassy stare usually children, can happen 100x per day
Myoclonic
-sudden excessive jerk of body, thrown to ground

Simple, partial (Jacksonian)
-NO LOC
-slow, repetitive jerking of a body party 5-15 sec, increases in strength

Psychomotor seizure
-most common
-lip smaking