During assessment of a patient with reports of nausea, vomiting, and severe abdominal pain, the nurse notes increased ab...
During assessment of a patient with reports of nausea, vomiting, and severe abdominal pain, the nurse notes increased abdominal girth and tenderness. Which additional symptoms indicate the presence of an intestinal obstruction?
a. Hyperkalemia
b. Abdominal rigidity
c. Respiratory alkalosis
d. Hypoactive bowel sounds
e. Presence of skip lesions in the colonoscopy
Homework Answers
Answer ; D). Hypoactive bowel sounds
Reason ; In order to confirm this condition, the health provider should check for specific signs and symptoms related to this condition. The above mentioned statement clearly confirm this condition. The irrelevance in the other options are as follows, there would be Hypokalemia rather than hyper and there would be metabolic alkalosis rather than acidosis. The other options are completely irrelevant to this condition.
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