Reference no: EM133855195

Questions:

1. As a patient ages, what are the common findings in the gastrointestinal system relates to motility and fluids? And what is the patient at risk for?

2. When you are assessing the abdomen, what are some of the vascular pulsations you may see?

3. What is hepatomegaly? What are possible causes?

4. What organs are normally palpable in the abdomen?

5. Which abdominal contour would you expect for a pregnant woman? A teenager? An elderly patient?

6. What is the difference between hypo and hyper bowel sounds? GIVE specifics.

7. When is it possible to auscultate no, or absent, bowel sounds? What situations would this occur?

8. How do you verify an NGT is placed correctly?

9. What does costovertebral tenderness indicates what? How would we determine this?

10. What are four conditions that can alter percussion over the abdomen?

11. What does an umbilical cord consist of related to the number of arteries and veins?

12. What is the Murphy's sign? What does it indicate?

13. What order do you auscultate the abdomen in?

14. What position should the patient be in during an abdominal exam?

15. List four conditions that can alter percussion notes over the abdomen.

16. What is the difference between rigidity and guarding?

17. Where is there likely to be tenderness when palpating the abdomen?

18. What is a positive Blumberg sign?

19. What are the possible vascular sounds that you can hear when auscultating the abdomen?