CLAS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Common Bile Duct, Splenomegaly, Common Bile Duct Stone
28 Aug 2016
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Exploratory of common bile showed multiple small calculi in gall bladder. She is in moderate distress with some nausea and persistent bile strained drainage from the upper right quadrant drain site. No scleral icterus and no hepatospenomegaly are present. Biliary= pertaining to bile, bile ducts, or the gallbladder. Fistula= permanent abnormal passageway between 2 organs in the body or between an organ and the exterior of the body. Chronic cholecystitis= chronic inflammation of the gallbladder. Calculi= an abnormal concretion, usually composed of mineral salts; ie. gallstone, kidney stone. Choledocholithiasis= occurrence of calculi in the common bile duct. Afebrile= w/out fever; at normal body temp. Nausea= an unpleasant, wavelike sensation in the back of throat/ epigastrium, or throughout the abdomen, that may or may not lead to vomiting. Quadrant= one of four parts of the abdominal surface. Scleral icterus= yellowing of the sclera, typical of liver disease: sclera= the tough, white outer coat of the eyeball.
