NRSG 102 MedSurg I Unit 4
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Jable on April 3, 2012
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Gastrointestinal chp 38 glossary
Classes:
Terre Haute Ivy Tech ASN Spring 2012 - May 2013
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscess | localized collection of purulent material surrounded by inflamed tissues, typically associated with signs of infection |
| borborygmus | rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas through the intestines |
| colostomy | surgical opening into the colon by means of a stoma to allow drainage of bowel contents, one type of fecal diversion |
| constipation | subjectively described infrequency or irregularity of defecation, with or without an abnormal hardening of feces that makes their passage difficult and sometimes painful, with or without a decreased in fecal volume |
| diverticulitis | inflammation of a diverticulum from obstruction (by fecal matter), resulting in abscess formation |
| diverticulosis | presence of several diverticula in the intestine; common in middle age |
| diverticulum | saclike outpouching of the lining of the bowel protruding through the muscle of the intestinal wall, usually cause by high intraluminal pressure |
| fecal incontinence | involuntary passage of feces |
| fissure | normal or abnormal fold, groove, or crack in body tissue |
| fistula | anatomically abnormal tract that arises between two internal organs or between an internal organ and the body surface |
| hemorrhoids | dilated portions of the anal veins; can occur internal or external to the anal sphincter |
| ileostomy | surgical opening into the ileum by means of stoma to allow drainage of bowel contents; one type of fecal diversion |
| inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | group of chronic disorders (most common are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) that results in inflammation of ulceration (or both) of the bowel lining, associated with abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, and weight loss |
| irratable bowel syndrome (IBS) | functional disorder that affects frequency of defecation and consistency of stool; is associated with no specific structural or biochemical alterations; associated with crampy abdominal pain and bloating |
| Kock pouch | type of continent ileal reservoir created surgically by making a internal pouch with a portion of the ileum and placing a nipple valve flush with the stoma |
| malabsorption | impaired transport across the mucosa |
| peritonitis | inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity, usually as a result of a bacterial infection of an area in the gastrointestinal tract with leakage of contents into the abdominal cavity |
| steatorrhea | excess of fatty wastes in the feces or the urine |
| tenesmus | ineffective and sometimes painful straining to eliminate either feces or urine |
| Valsalva maneuver | forcible exhalation against a closed glottis followed by a rise in intrathoracic pressure and subsequent possible dramatic rise in arterial pressure; may occur during straining at stool |
| wound-ostomy-continence (WOC) nurse | nurse specially educated in the appropriate management of fecal and urinary diversions; guides patients, their families, surgeons, and nurses by recommending appropriate use of skin, wound, ostomy, and continence products; formerly called enterostomal therapist |
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