LPC Questions and Answers
What organs are in the RUQ?
Liver/Gallbladder
What organs are in the LUQ?
Stomach/Spleen
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What organ is in the RLQ?
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LPC Questions and Answers
What organs are in the RUQ? - answer Liver/Gallbladder
What organs are in the LUQ? - answer Stomach/Spleen
What organ is in the RLQ? - answer Appendix
What's the Gallbladder do? - answer Stores bile formed by the liver and empties bike
into the duodenum.
What's the duodenum? - answer The first part of the small intestine.
What's the small intestine do? - answer Absorbs carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
What's the colon do? - answer Absorbs water and electrolytes
What do the kidneys do? - answer Regulates the water, electrolytes and acid based
content of the blood.
Abdominal ref flags - answer Progressive, severe pain that persists without
improvement 6+ hours; Severe ABD pain with guarding or RLQ; History of ABD surgery
within 6 months; ABD pain with fever; ABD pain with tachycardia; Blood in stool; Emesis
with blood/coffee ground appearance; ABD pain with dehydration; Pregnant with ABD
pain
How do you assess the ABD? - answer Inspect, Auscultate, Palpate
What is Appendicitis? - answer Extreme pain in LRQ causes include obstruction,
inflammation, intestinal worms, foreign body, swollen lymph nodes, neoplasm.
Physical exam of the ABD of a patient with appendicitis will reveal pain in LRQ with
rebound tenderness and guarding. - answer ...
What is Hepatitis? - answer Inflammation of the liver and included symptoms such as
Jaundice, Anorexia, nausea and vomiting, malaise and fever. Pain when palpating liver
which may be enlarged.
What is treatment of Acute Diarrhea? - answer Fluid resuscitation, anti-diarrheal
medications such as LOPERAMIDE (IMODIUM), liquid diet then progress to bland.
What is Nephrolithias? - answer Kidney stones
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