Renal / Endocrine Review Health, Medicine, Nursing Coursework

GI/HEPATIC/RENAL REVIEW
Review the items below and list three key things you learned from each one.
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3 KEY THINGS YOU LEARNED:

Chapter 18, Chapter 19  and Chapter 23 in Illustrated Study Guide for NCLEX

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital disability in children’s GI tract.
Liver transplantation is not recommended for patients with the widespread malignant disease.
Nephroblastoma is a common childhood intraabdominal tumor and is associated with congenital disabilities.

Khan Academy: Inflammatory bowel disease: treatment

Inflammatory bowel disease is characterized by the relapsing-remitting pattern.
The primary mechanism for inducing remission is the direct treatment of the inflammation with anti-inflammatory medications.
Lifestyle modification such as smoking cessation can decrease the relapse rate.

Khan Academy: Aldosterone and ADH

Aldosterone captures sodium and spits out potassium into the urine.
ADH affects osmolarity while Aldosterone does not.
The two hormones have to work together to attain different outcomes.

NursesRock: GI, Hepatic and Renal Review Questions

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder characterized by damage of the small intestine due to the reaction of the immune system to gluten.
Increased bilirubin levels (> 2.0 mg/dL) is a physiologic cause of jaundice.
Sudden and severe pain is the most characteristic symptom of renal colic.

ENDOCRINE REVIEW
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3 KEY THINGS YOU LEARNED:

Chapter 13 of Illustrat...