undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy Colon: Why is the colon important? What diseases most alter the function of the colon? What medications are dissolved in this portion of the intestine? How is bacteria beneficial and also harmful in the gastrointestinal tract? A healthy
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The role of endoscopy in the evaluation of suspected choledocholithiasis This is one of a series of statements discussing the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy prepared this text. In preparing this guideline‚ a search of the medical literature was performed by using PubMed. Additional references were obtained from the bibliographies of the identified articles and from recommendations of
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anterior and posterior (front and back) sections. The sagittal plane is a length-wise plane that runs from the front to the back and separates the body into a right and left side. The transverse plane is a horizontal plane that divides the body into an upper and lower section. Understanding how the body planes and directions work makes it much easier to study anatomy. This helps to be able to visualize the position and spacial locations of the bodies’ structures and to be able to navigate according to
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Cholera‚ aka Asiatic Cholera or epidemic cholera‚ is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. From the family Vibrionaceae‚ the bacterium is characterized as a gram-negative rod. As with other gram-negative rods‚ Vibrio cholerae produces an endotoxin‚ known as cholera toxin. This bacterium is mobile due to the presence of a single polar flagellum and is highly infectious. The Vibrio cholerae bacterium grows in both freshwater and marine habitats
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has recently been of increasing interest in the pharmaceutical field to achieve improved therapeutic advantages‚ such as ease of dosing administration‚ patient compliance‚ and flexibility in formulation. Drugs that are easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and have a short half-life are eliminated quickly from systematic circulation. Frequent dosing of these drugs is required to achieve suitable therapeutic activity. To avoid this limitation‚ the development of oral sustained-controlled
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radiation toxicity‚ is a collection of health effects which occur when the entire body receives a high dose of radiation‚ usually over a short period of time. Relatively smaller doses result in gastrointestinal effects such as nausea and vomiting and symptoms related to falling blood counts such as infection and bleeding.
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the risk of fire or explosion. Formaldehyde may be present in food artificially through contamination or in nature. Ingestion of formaldehyde may cause corrosion in the gastrointestinal tract. It may also cause ulcers and inflammation in the mouth‚ stomach and intestine ‚tongue and esophagus causing pain‚ vomiting and bleeding. Severe exposure to formaldehyde through ingestion may cause abdominal pain‚ diarrhea and possible hemorrhage in the stomach or intestines. If you frequently eat foods that
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BIOS256Week1Lab1EXERCISE Mechanical Digestion in the Gastrointestinal Tract Directions: a. Click the Contents button. b. Open the Digestive System File. c. Click Animations. d. Click Mechanical Digestion in the Gastrointestinal Tract. Introduction 1. Define the gastrointestinal tract (GI). The GI tract is the stomach and intestine divided up into the upper and lower GI 2. Identify three mechanical digestion activities. a. Chewing b. Mixing food and saliva with
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For the duration of S’s chronic health challenge with Crohns‚ P has been the family resource/caregiver. P is an RN who works with many clients with chronic illness. They both feel B’s experience in nursing brings a great deal of skill‚ knowledge about pathophysiology‚ medication administration‚ side effects and coping strategies that enable them to self-manage his disease and enable them adapt to the demands living with illness. B herself suffers from an autoimmune disease in which the immune
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GI and Diabetes Exam Study Guide Tube Feeding – (enteral nutrition) refers to the administration of a nutritional balanced liquefied food or formula through a tube inserted into the stomach‚ duodenum‚ jejunum. It is used to provide nutrients via the GI tract either alone or as a supplement to oral or parenteral nutrition. - Nasogastric (NG) Tube – is most commonly used for short-term feeding problems. Other means of feeding are; esophagostomy‚ gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Transpyloric tube placement
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