Chapter 29: Care of children and young people with gastrointestinal problems
1. What is the gastrointestinal tract?
- Everything from the mouth to the anus
- The stomach and large intestine only
- The large and small intestine only
- All internal organs
2. Which one of these is a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract?
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Bronchiolitis
- Intussusception
- Haemolytic uremic syndrome
3. Gastroschisis is caused by …
- Failure of midgut rotation by week 10 gestation
- Failure of the small intestine to return to the abdominal cavity by week 10 gestation, causing herniation into the umbilicus
- Incomplete closure of the abdominal wall following lateral folding of the embryo in week 4 gestation
- Incomplete separation of the foregut into separate trachea and oesophagus in week 4 gestation
4. Which of the following is NOT an enteral feeding route?
- Nasogastric tube
- Gastrostomy
- Jejunostomy
- Colostomy
5. Children with an ileostomy are at risk of …
- Calcium depletion
- Sodium depletion
- Bicarbonate depletion
- Potassium depletion