Clinical cluster 3 part 3
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ccuteandsporty09 on March 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Kaput Medusa | when the veins around the belly button radiate out |
| borborygmus | loud bowel sound |
| bad finding4 | absent bowel sounds, happens in appendicitis and ruptured bowel, listen for 1 full minute, peritonitis |
| ascites | when the stomach is engorged with fluid |
| albumin in liver failure | not produced |
| masses | produce dull bowel sound |
| liver location2 | between the lungs and the bowel, mid clavicular line |
| shifting dolus3 | not so bad ascites, patient lays on side and you percuss toward center, change in note |
| major arteries in the abdomen going down4 | aorta, renal, iliac, femoral |
| palpation of the liver edge2 | two hands to go under ribs, deep breath |
| palpation of aorta2 | press on either side and feel a pulse, gauge size to check for aneurysms |
| palpation of spleen2 | usually can't feel it, if it is felt it is abnormal, |
| gereditary spherocytosis3 | hereditary condition in which the blood cells remain spheres, causes blood cells to get trapped in the spleen, take it out |
| acute abdomen8 | surgical abdomen, appendicitis, cystitis, infarct, diverticulitis, something has ruptured, absent bowel sounds, rebound tenderness |
| rebound tenderness | press in and upon removing hand quickly it causes pain |
| colorectal cancer2 | most common in us, people with long transit times are at risk, |
| polyps4 | benign growths, usually not a problem, people with hereditary polyps will get cancer, treatment is colectomy (permanent bag) |
| screening for bowel CA..4 | digital, fecal blood, CEA, endoscopy |
| staging5 | dukes, A tumor confined to wall, B tumor invading through wall, C lymph node involvement, D distant metastasis |
| cholecystitis3 | inflammation of the gallbladder, called stones, could cause problems in pancreas too |
| acute pancreatitis5 | common, gallstones or chronic alcoholism, vomiting, pain between shoulder blades, treat symptoms |
| rectal bleeding4 | melena is black and tarry originated high, hemotochezia is red and low, gross blood like nose, microscopic you can't see, colonoscopy |
| common causes of rectal bleeding6 | fissues, diverticulits, carcinoma, polyps, ulcers, infection |
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