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42 Cards in this Set
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HOW IS VISCERAL PAIN DESCRIBED?
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AS A DULL, POORLY LOCALIZED PAIN THAT ORIGINATES IN THE WALLS OF THE HOLLOW ORGANS
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WHAT IS PERITONITIS?
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INFLAMMATION IF THE PERITONEUM, WHICH LINES THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
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HOW IS SOMATIC PAIN DESCRIBED?
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SHARP, LOCALIZED PAIN THAT ORIGINATES IN WALLS OF THE BODY SUCH AS SKELETAL MUSCLES.
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WHAT IS REFFERED PAIN?
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PAIN THAT ORIGINATES IN A REGION OTHER THAN WHERE IT IS FELT.
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WHAT IS CULLENS SIGN?
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ECCHYMOSIS IN THE PERIUMBILICAL AREA. IT IS A SIGN OF FLUID LOSS IN THE ABDOMEN.
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WHAT IS GREY TURNERS SIGN?
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ECCYMOSIS ON THE FLANK. A SIGN OF FLUID LOSS IN THE ABDOMEN.
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WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WHEN TREATING A PATIENT WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN?
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TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HIS AIRWAY, BREATHING AND CIRCULATION.
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TRUE OR FALSE
PERSISTENT ABDOMINAL PAIN LASTING LONGER THAN 6 HOURS ALWAYS REQUIRES TRANSPORT. |
TRUE
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WHAT IS UPPER GI BLEEDING?
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BLEEDING WITHIN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PROXIMAL TO THE LIGAMENT OF TREITZ.
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WHAT IS THE LIGAMENT OF TREITZ?
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LIGAMENT THAT SUPPORTS HTE DUODENOJEJUNAL JUNCTION.
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UPPER GI BLEEDS ACCOUNT FOR HOW MANY HOSPITALIZATIONS PER YEAR?
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300,000
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WHAT IS MALLORY-WEISS TEAR?
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ESOPHAGEAL LACERATION, USUALLY SECONDARY TO VOMITING.
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WHAT IS HEMATEMISIS?
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BLODDY VOMITUS
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WHAT IS MELENA?
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DARK TARRY FOUL SMELLING STOOL INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF PARTIALLY DIGESTED BLOOD.
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WHAT IS SENGSTAKEN-BLAKEMORE TUBE?
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THREE LUMEN TUBE USED IN TREATING ESOPHAGEAL BLEEDING.
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WHAT IS ESOPHAGEAL VARIX?
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SWOLLEN VEIN OF THE ESOPHAGUS.
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WHAT IS THE MORTALITY RATE WITH A VARIX RUPTURE?
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OVER 35%
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WHAT IS ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS?
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SUDDEN ONSET OF INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES.
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WHAT IS HEMATOCHEZIA?
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BRIGHT RED BLOOD IN THE STOOL
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WHAT IS CHRONIC GASTROENTERITIS?
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NONACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA.
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WHAT IS HELICOBACTER PYLORI?
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THE MOST PREVALENT PATHOGEN IN THE US. ASSOCIATED WITH GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERS.
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WHAT IS A PEPTIC ULCER?
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EROSION CAUSED BY GASTRIC ACID.
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WHAT IS ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME?
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CONDITION THAT CAUSES THE STOMACH TO SECRETE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND PEPSIN.
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WHAT IS LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING?
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BLEEDING IN THE GASTROINSTINAL TRACT DISTAL TO THE LIGAMENT IF TREITZ
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WHAT IS PANCOLITIS?
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ULCERATIVE COLITIS SPREAD THOUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COLON.
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WHAT IS PROCTISIS?
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ULCERATIVE COLITIS LIMITED TO THE RECTUM.
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WHAT IS COLIC?
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ACUTE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH CRAMPING OR SPASMA IN THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS.
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WHAT IS CHRONS DISEASE?
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IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMALL INTESTINE.
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WHAT IS DIVERTICULITIS?
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INFLAMMATION OF DIVERTICULA
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WHAT IS DIVERTICULOSIS?
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PRESENCE OF DIVERTICULA, WITH OR WITHOUT ASSOCIATED BLEEDING
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WHAT IS DIVERTICULA
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SMALL OUTPOUCHINGS IN THE MUCOSAL LINING OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT.
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WHAT IS A HEMORRHOID?
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SMALL MASS OF SWOLLEN VEINS IN THE ANUS OR RECTUM.
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WHAT IS A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION?
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BLOCKAGE OF THE HOLLOW SPACE WITHIN THE INTESTINES.
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WHAT IS A HERNIA?
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PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN THROUGH ITS PROTECTIVE SHEATH
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WHAT IS INTUSSUSCEPTION?
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CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN PART OF AN INTESTINE SLIPS INTO THE PART JUST DISTAL TO ITSELF.
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WHAT IS A VOLVULUS?
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TWISTING OF THE INTESTINE IN ITSELF
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WHAT IS AN ADHESION?
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UNION OF NORMALLY SEPARATE TISSUE SURFACES BY A FIBROUS BAND OF NEW TISSUE.
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WHAT IS INFARCTION?
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AREA OF DEAD TISSUE CAUSED BY LACK OF BLOOD.
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WHAT IS APPENDICITIS?
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INFLAMMATION OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE LARGE AND SMALL INTESTINES.
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WHAT IS McBURNEYS POINT?
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COMMON SITE OF PAIN FROM APPENDICITIS, 1 TO 2 INCHES ABOVE THE ANTERIOR ILIAC CREST IN A DIRECT LINE WITH THE UMBILICUS.
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WHAT IS MURPHYS SIGN?
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PAIN CAUSED WHEN AN INFLAMMED GALLBLADDER IS PALPATED BY PRESSING UNDER THE RIGHT COSTAL MARGIN.
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WHAT IS ACUTE PANCREATITIS MOST OFTEN DUE TO?
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ALCOHOL ABUSE OR GALLSTONES.
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