A major complication of gastroesophageal reflux disease is:
Cancer
Which of the following is a complication of Crohn's Disease?
Fistula Formation
Which of the following is a risk factor for developing diverticular disease?
Chronic constipation
The clinical manifestations of ulcerative colitis include:
The patient may have 10 to 20 liquid, bloody stools per day.
A patient presents to the emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain. Exam reveals right lower quadrant pain with rebound tenderness, a white blood count of 26,000, and a temperature of 103.5. The nurse should suspect which serious conditio
Appendicitis
The pathophysiological changes associated with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) include which of the following?
Excessive Acid
Esophageal varicosites are a result of which of the following?
Portal Hypertension
The most common symptom of peptic ulcers is:
pain in the epigastric region
H. pylori infection is treated by:
antibiotics
Some types of hepatitis are transmitted by the fecal-oral route, and others are transmitted by contact with infectious blood or body fluids. Below is a list of various types of hepatitis. From this list, select the types of viral hepatitis that have a sim
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C have a similar means of transmission.