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| Total parenteral nutrition |
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| anti flatulant (anti gas) |
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| caused by accumulation in the bloodstream of toxic substances that are normally removed by the liver. |
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C-Diff....spores that form from antibiotic use
treat with flagyl |
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| problem with fat metabolism (fat in GI from malabsorption condition, foul smelling, frothy foamy stool) |
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| stimulates evacuation of the bowel |
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| esophagogastroduodenoscopy: diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum |
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| adhesions/scarrings and a narrowing of the pathway |
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| endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: enables the physician to diagnose problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas |
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| irrigating bowel to remove gas |
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| endoscopy of the lower GI (sigmoid colon) |
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| surgical connection of 2 hollow organs or blood vessels to allow flow from one to another |
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| binging on and purging of food |
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| used to help diagnose diseases and other problems that affect the large intestine (barium is milky white) |
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| abnormal growth typically has a stalk |
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rrhea=flow dia=pass through
everything is flowing right through you |
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irritable bowel syndrom (episodes of alterations in bowel function)
inflammatory bowel disease: chronic episodic inflammatory disease (crohn's dz, ulcerative cholitis) |
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| protrusion of an organ in the wrong place (-celes are hernias) |
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| ova and parasites: laboratory test to determine if a stool sample contains parasites or eggs (ova) that are associated with intestinal infections.(no tp and no urine in specimen sent to lab) |
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| doorway between 2 passages |
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| Vancomycin Resistant enterococci |
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: placement of tube into stomach to feed those patients who cannot swallow food
Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunoscopy: A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube into the jejunum |
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| cholinergic vs anticholinergic |
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chol: (sympathetic) increases paristalsis
anti: (parasympathetic) decreases peristalsis |
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| tapping in to the abdomen ( to puncture and withdraw) |
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| A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, |
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| fecal test for hidden blood |
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| enterococcus facialus/ facium |
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Two species that are common commensal organisms in the intestines of humans, can cause urinary tract infections, bacteremia, bacterial endocarditis, diverticulitis, and meningitis
they are VRE's |
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| the presence of one or more calculi (gallstones) in the gallbladder. |
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| diverticulosis vs diverticulitis |
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diverticulosis is the condition of small pouches in the lining of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spot
diverticulitis is swelling of those pouches |
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| wavelike muscular contractions of the alimentary canal or other tubular structures by which contents are forced onward toward the opening. |
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| Obstruction of the intestine due to paralysis of the intestinal muscles |
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| thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass |
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| rumbling sound produced by the movement of gas through the intestines |
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| A hollow drum-like sound produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply. |
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| listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope; |
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| swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus. |
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| brand name of portable suction equipment |
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| yellowish staining of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) that is caused by high levels in blood of the chemical bilirubin. |
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| forcible exhalation against a closed airway |
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