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NURS444 Exam Practice Questions and Answers Which of the gastrointestinal cancers has the highest rate of incidence and is responsible for the highest number of deaths? a. oesophageal b. stomach c. pancreatic d. colorectal - Ans:-d A 42-year-old female presents with abdominal discomfort, ep...

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NURS444 Exam Practice Questions and
Answers

Which of the gastrointestinal cancers has the highest rate of incidence and is responsible for the highest

number of deaths?


a. oesophageal


b. stomach


c. pancreatic


d. colorectal - Ans:✔✔-d


A 42-year-old female presents with abdominal discomfort, epigastric tenderness and bleeding.

Gastroscopy reveals degeneration of the gastric mucosa in the body and fundus of the stomach. Which

of the following would most likely follow?


a. pernicious anaemia


b. osmotic diarrhoea


c. increased acid secretion


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d. decreased gastrin secretion - Ans:✔✔-a


A 1-week-old female is brought to her paediatrician for abdominal distension and unstable temperature.

Physical examination reveals bradycardia and apnoea. Tests reveal hypoxic injury to the bowel resulting

in bacterial invasion and perforation. This condition is referred to as:


a. infective enteropathy.


b. necrotising enterocolitis.


c. mucoviscidosis.


d. ileus. - Ans:✔✔-b


A 13-month-old infant presents with: vomiting; abdominal pain; and pale, bulky, greasy and foul-smelling

stools. A possible diagnosis would be:


a. failure to thrive.


b. gluten-sensitive enteropathy.


c. gastro-oesophageal reflux.


d. meconium ileus. - Ans:✔✔-b


A 50-year-old male is experiencing reflux of chyme from the stomach. He is diagnosed with gastro-

oesophageal reflux. This condition is caused by:

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a. fibrosis of the lower third of the oesophagus.


b. sympathetic nerve stimulation.


c. loss of muscle tone at the lower oesophageal sphincter.


d. reverse peristalsis of the stomach. - Ans:✔✔-c


Reflux oesophagitis is defined as:


a. an immune response to gastro-oesophageal reflux.


b. an inflammatory response to gastro-oesophageal reflux.


c. a congenital anomaly.


d. a secretory response to hiatus hernia. - Ans:✔✔-b


A sign that a newborn infant is suffering from pyloric stenosis is:


a. diarrhoea.


b. bile regurgitation.


c. vomiting after feeding.


d. ascites. - Ans:✔✔-c




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