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| tracheoesophageal fistula |
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| What often accompanies an esophageal atresia condition? |
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| congenital hyposplasia or nonformation of the bile ducts causes neonatal cholestasis and jaundice |
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| a drug that induces vomiting |
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| A strong solution of salt or ipecac syrup is an example of an _________ |
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| T or F: Emesis, emetic, lysis, ptosis, spasm, stasis, and stenosis are all terms that can stand alone as well as be a suffix, though the meaning remains the same |
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| inherited autoimmune disorder where villi inthe small intestine are damaged by the immune system when the affected person eats gluten, resulting in malabsorption and malnutrition |
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| another name for celiac disease |
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| protein found in wheat, barley, and rye that some people are allergic to |
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| condition characterized by scales and fissures on the lips and resulting from a deficiency of vitamin B2 from the diet |
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| What is the most common cause of cholangitis? |
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| laparoscopic-assisted colectomy |
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| procedure that is an alternative to open colectomy to remove nonmetastatic colorectal carcinomas |
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| What is the abbreviation of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy? |
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| tube inserted laparoscopically through the abdomen into the stomch to deliver food an liquids when swallowing is impossible |
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| percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
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| Another name for a PEG tube |
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| a form of sugar stored in the liver |
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| Where are the tonsils located? |
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| another name for palatorrhaphy |
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| the downward bend in the transverse colon near the spleen |
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| Tests that test for the presence of enzymes and bilirubin in the blood |
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| clear fluid that remains after blood has clotted |
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| What type of blood is used in LFTs? |
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| abbreviation for alanine transaminase |
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| enzymes; liver function; elevated |
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| ALT and AST are ________ present in many tissues. They are used to test for _______. _______ ALT and AST levels indicate damage to liver cells |
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| Abbreviated alk phos, this enzyme may be elevated in patients with liver, bone, and other diseases |
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| Serum ___________ levels are elevated in patients with liver disease and jaundice |
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| measures conjugated bilirubin--high levels indicating liver disease or biliary obstruction |
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| measures unconjugated bilirubin--increased levels mean excessive hemolysis, as may occur in a newborn |
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| test for microorganisms present in feces by placing feces in a growth medium and examining it microscopically |
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| test to detect occult blood in feces |
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| another name for a stool guaiac test |
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| important screening test for colon cancer |
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| chemical from the wood of trees that reacts with any blood present in feces when added to a stool sample |
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| lower gastrointestinal series |
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| x-ray images of the colon and rectum obtained afer injection of barium into the rectum |
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| upper gastrointestinal series |
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| x-ray images of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine obtained after administering barium by mouth |
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| small bowel follow-through |
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| What is often performed immediately after an upper gastrointestinal series? |
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| x-ray examination of the biliary system performed after injection of contrast into the bile ducts |
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| percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography |
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| cholangiography where contrast medium is injected using a needle placed through the abdominal wall into the liver |
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| endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
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| cholangiography where contrast medium is administered through an oral catheter and then passes through the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum and into bile ducts--used to diagnose problems involving the bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas |
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| What is the abbreviation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography? |
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| a series of x-ray images are taken in multiple views (especially cross sections) |
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| uses circular array of x-ray beam to produce the cross-sectional image based on differences in tissue densities--it uses a contrast medium to highlight differences in blood flow between normal and diseased tissues |
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| produces a series of x-ray pictures showing multiple views of an organ |
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| another name for a CT scan |
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| abbreviation for computed axial tomography |
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