NSG 6435 Peds week 6 discussion 1

NSG 6435Peds week 6 discussion 1

NSG 6435 Peds week 6 discussion 1

Which essential questions will you ask a pediatric patient or his or her caregiver when the presenting complaint is bloody diarrhea?

Will these questions vary depending upon the child’s age? Why or why not?

What clinical or historical findings will indicate the need for diagnostic studies and why?Which diagnostic studies will you initially order and why?

What would be three differential diagnoses in this case?

How do the common causes of vomiting differ in infants, children, and adolescents? What clinical or historical findings will indicate the need for diagnostic studies and why? Which diagnostic studies will you initially order and why?