nursing care of clients with gallbladder, liver and pancreatic disorders chapter 27
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Gallbladder Disorders
Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis Patho
– gallstones form due to• abnormal bile composition
• biliary statis
• inflammation of gallbladder
Risk factors– age, family hx., females - oral contraceptive
Gallbladder Disorders
Cholelithiasis
asymptomatic
epigastric fullness after fatty meal
biliary colic
jaundice
Acute cholecystitis
RUQ pain - back
a/n/v
fever with chills
Gallbladder Disorders
Treatment– laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Nursing Diagnoses– Pain– Imbalanced Nutrition– Risk for Infection
Liver Disorders
Hepatitis– inflammation of the liver due to virus, ETOH,
drugs, toxins, may be acute or chronic
Viral Hepatitis Hepatitis A - infectious hepatitis
– fecal-oral route– benign, self-limiting
Liver Disorders
Hepatitis B – transmission - infected blood and body fluids
• at risk - healthcare workers, drug users, multiple sexual partners, hemodialysis clients
Hepatitis C– transmission - infected blood and body fluids– manifestations - mild, non-specific– world wide cause of chronic hepatitis
Liver Disorders
Nursing Care– teaching
• handwashing
• blood and body fluid precautions
• vaccines for persons at high risk
Liver Disorders
Cirrhosis– end state of chronic liver disease, progressive
and irreversible• alcoholic cirrhosis, biliary, or secondary to hepatitis
– Manifestations• liver enlg. Tender, wt loss, weakness, anorexia
• ascites, gynecomastia, jaundice, edema, anemia, pancytopenia
Liver Disorders
Complications– portal hypertension– splenomegaly– ascites– esophageal varices– hepatic encephalopathy– hepatorenal syndrome
Liver Disorders
Liver Cancer– usually poor outcomes
Liver Trauma– blunt or penetrating - hemorrhage
Liver Abscess
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis– inflammation of pancreas characterized by
release of pancreatic enzymes into pancreatic tissue itself leading to hemorrhage and necrosis
Risk factors– alcoholism, gallstones
Pancreatitis
Manifestations– abrupt onset of severe epigastric/abdominal
pain• relieved by leaning forward, sitting up
• initiated by fatty meal or alcohol intake
– n/v– abd. distention and rigidity, decreased b.s.– fever, 24 hours later jaundice
Pancreatitis
Diagnostic tests– labs - amylase and lipase– Ultra sound, ERCP, C-T
scan, needle bx
Treatment– hydration, pain control
and antibiotics