Exam 24: Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders

Immediately after intestinal surgery, the primary nutritional effort should be to

Which statement is true?

What is the most frequent cause of chronic pancreatitis?

Which of the following is appropriate for a 50-gram fat-controlled diet?

Which of the following foods is least likely to cause an obstruction for a patient with an ostomy if cut into small pieces and chewed carefully?

Where is vitamin B₁₂ absorbed? (Choose the best answer.)

Dan, an alcoholic for the past 20 years, has been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis.Which other systemic illness is he also at risk for developing?

Betsey, a client with celiac disease, asks the dietitian whether she can include oats in her diet.How should the dietitian respond?

An immune disorder that causes a sensitivity to gliadin is called

Case Studies Miss Betty Bell is a new resident to Lake Nursing Home.She has a history of osteoporosis, depression, and memory loss.She tells her admitting nurse that she has not had a bowel movement since 1967.Her nurse questions her further to determine that she has had irregular bowel movements for the past 40 plus years. -Which of the following diagnoses or its treatment could be causing Miss.Bell's constipation?

Pancreatitis is defined as

Rogelio Martinez is a healthy 79-year-old, retired factory worker. His past medical history includes arthritis and irregular bowel movements. His wife urges him to go to the emergency department of the local hospital after 3 episodes of blood in his stool. -Four weeks later, Mr.Martinez returns to the hospital.After an extensive work-up he is found to need surgery due to extensive damage in a portion of his colon.What type of surgery will he have?

Generally, up to _____ percent of the small intestine can be resected without serious nutrition complications.

Which of the following menus best meets the objectives of a fat-controlled diet for a client with steatorrhea?

Who would be at high risk for developing constipation?

A diet for a person with a fat malabsorption syndrome would typically contain how many grams of fat per day?

A physician tells a client experiencing constipation about foods that are high in insoluble fiber, like

What additional complication of chronic pancreatitis is a concern for physicians?

Nutritional consequences of fat malabsorption include which of the following?

Alison has had chronic and recurring diarrhea.She also has a past history of depression and anxiety.Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis for Alison?