NSG6430 APEA GI

APEA_ GI_NSG6430 1. A patient with diarrhea is tested for C. difficile. How soon should the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) yield results? About 24 hours 2. Older adults frequently complain of constipation. Which medication listed below does NOT increase the likelihood of constipation in an older adult? Metformin 3. 4.5.6.7.A 79­year­old with an appendicitis is unlikely to exhibit: initial WBC elevation. A 10­year­old female presents with a 3­month history of abdominal pain. She has been diagnosed with recurrent abdominal pain. During the interview the nurse practitioner is likely to elicit a finding of: school absenteeism. A patient with gall bladder disease has classic symptoms. Which symptom below is NOT classic of gallbladder disease? Pain that occurs when the stomach empties A 24­year­old male has recently returned from a weekend camping trip with friends. He has ulcerative colitis and history of migraine headaches. He reports a 2­day history of headache, nausea, and vomiting with weakness. Which of the following is not part of the differential diagnosis? Exacerbation of ulcerative colitis A 45­year­old patient has the following laboratory values. HBsAg positive; anti­HBc positive; anti­HBs negative. How should they be interpreted? The patient has hepatitis. This patient has a positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Therefore, he has hepatitis B. A positive anti­HBc is found in patients who either have hepatitis now or who have had it. The surface antibody (anti­HBs) would be expected to be negative in a patient with positive surface antigen (HBsAg) because these two markers will not be positive at the same time.