Linton: Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 39: Upper Digestive Tract Disorders
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2. Wearing and loss of teeth, osteoarthritis of the jaw, loss of taste buds, thinning of the
3. Emetics, antiemetics, laxatives, cathartics, antidiarrheals, antacids, anticholinergics,
4. Stomatitis is a general term for inflammation of the oral mucosa. Vincent infection is
a bacterial infection that causes a metallic taste and bleeding ulcers in the mouth, foul
5. Parotitis is inflammation of the parotid glands. It is treated with antibiotics,
6. Sliding hernia—the gastroesophageal junction is above the hiatus. The stomach slides
into the thoracic cavity when the patient reclines. It slides back into place when the
7. Helicobacter pylori is thought to be the most common cause of gastritis. Some other
8. Whereas acute ulcers affect only the superficial layers of the digestive lining, chronic
9. A gastroscopy is used to examine the interior of the stomach and to take specimens