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DP GI PPT LECTURE

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What is melena?
A purple to black, tarry stool indicating a GI bleed
If you have lower quadrant pain and or pelvic pain what needs to be part of your exam?
pelvic exam
what is the affected organ if the patient has substernal area pain?
esophagus
what is the affected organ if patient presents with shoulder, supraclavicular area (Kehr's sign) pain
diaphragm
what is the affected organs for epigastric pain?
stomach, duodenum, gallballader, liver, bile ducts, pancreas
what is the affected organ for right scapula pain?
biliary tract
what is the affected organ for midback pain?
aorta, peritoneum
what is the affected organ for periumbilical pain
small intestine
what is the affected organ for hypogastrium pain?
colon
what is the affected organ for sacrum pain
rectal
where would referred pain be for acute cholecysitis?
anterior right shoulder pain
where would referred pain be for diaphragmatic irritation?
anterior right shoulder pain
where would referred pain be for cholecystitis
posterior right medial areolar pain
where would referred pain be for pancreatic and renal pain?
posterior below the center of the xiphoid process
where would referred pain be for angina and gastric pain?
center of chest anterior
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