Cholecystitis ch 6 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Describe chloecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladder |
Describe cholelithiasis | presence of gallstones in the gallbladder |
what is a cholecystectomy | removal of the gallbladder |
what is a choledochostomy | exploration of the common bile duct |
what is a cholecystostomy | incision into gallbladder usually for drainage |
Risk factors for gallstones and gallbladder disease include | female, native american or white, obesity, pregnancy or multiple pregnancies, diabetes mellitus or use of birth control |
signs and symptoms of gallstones or gallbladder disease are | indigestion after eating high fat foods, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, increased heart and respiratory rates, diaphoresis, low grade fever, elevate wbc, mild jaundice, steatorrhea, and dark amber urine |
List the treatments for the milder attacks of the gallbladder | bedrest, NG tube, NPO, iv fluids, demerol, antibiotics, and when allowed PO intake nothing spicy |
a machine discharges a series of shock waves through water or a cushion that breaks the stones into fragments is called | lithtripsy |
The gallbladder can be removed by | laparoscopic or open surger |
Jackson pratt drainage used after removal of gallbladder should have what draining from it | serous, bloody |
T-tube used after gallbladder removal should have ______________ draining from it | bile, greenish color |
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