● Identify thhe most common type of pathogen responsible for acute gastroenteritis.
-Viral: Norovirus (Leading cause for adults)
-Rotovirus (Leading cause for peds up to 2 years old)
● Recognize that assessing for pri
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● Identify thhe most common type of pathogen responsible for acute gastroenteritis.
-Viral: Norovirus (Leading cause for adults)
-Rotovirus (Leading cause for peds up to 2 years old)
● Recognize that assessing for prior antibiotic use is a critical part of thhe history in patients presenting with diarrhea.
-Order stool studies
● Describe thhe difference between Irritable Bowel Disease (IBS) & Inflammatory Bowel Disorder (IBD).
-IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome): disorder of bowel function not from anatomic abnormality
+S/S: result from disordered sensation or abnormal function of thhe small & large bowel
-IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease): chronic immunologic disease that manifests in intestinal inflammation
● Discuss two common Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
-Ulcerative colitis (UC): thhe mucosal surface of thhe colon is inflamed & ultimately results in friability, erosions, & bleeding.
-Crohns (CD): thhe inflammation extends deeper into thhe intestinal wall & can involve all or any layer of thhe bowel wall & any portion of thhe GI tract from thhe mouth to thhe anus.
● Discuss thhe difference between sensorineural & conductive hearing loss.
- Sensorineural: Results from deterioration of cochlea
-Loss of hair cells form thhe organ of Corti
-Gradual & progressive
-Not correctable but preventable
- Conductive: Obstruction between middle & outer ear
-Most types are reversible
● Identify thhe triad of symptoms associated with Meniere's disease.
-Meniere’s Disease: Sensory disorder of labyrinth (semi-circular canal system) & cochlea
-S/S:
-Vertigo
-Hearing loss
-Tinnitus
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