Week 5 Final Exam: NR511 / NR-511
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Differential Diagnosis & Primary
Care Practicum | Review Questions
& Answers | 100% Correct | Grade
A - Chamberlain
GI
Question:
Who does rotavirus effects and what are the symptoms
Answer:
•common in children younger than age 3.
low-grade fever, loss of appetite, copious watery diarrhea, flatulence,
vomiting, stomach cramps.
,Question:
Treatment for Rotavirus
Answer:
-Fluids
-Supportive care
-Antiemetics
Question:
S/s of appendicitis
Answer:
•Constant periumbilical pain shifting to the right lower quadrant; vomiting
following the pain; a small volume of diarrhea; may not always vomit
•pain (dull, sharp, mild or severe); fever, chills, loss of appetite, malaise,
diarrhea, nausea or vomiting
Question:
Appendicitis
What is a obturator sign?
Answer:
elicited when, with the patient's right hip and knee flexed, the examiner
slowly rotates the right leg internally, which stretches the obturator muscle.
Pain over the right lower quadrant (RLQ) is considered a positive sign.
, Question:
Treatment for appendicitis?
Answer:
surgery; antimicrobial therapy
Question:
What is gastroenteritis and what causes it?
Answer:
•Characterized by irritation and inflammation of the stomach
can be acute or chronic and can be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites,
injury to the bowel mucosa, inorganic poisons (sodium nitrate), organic
poisons (mushrooms or shellfish), and drugs.
Chronic causes include food allergies and intolerance, stress, and lactase
deficiency.
**Gastroenteritis caused by bacterial toxins in food is often referred to as food
poisoning; it should be suspected when groups of individuals present with the
same symptoms.
