The nurse is contributing to the teaching plan for the nurse's team of patients. Which of the follow-ing patients would the nurse expect to be scheduled for an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series? (Select all that apply.)
a. A 65-year-old who is receiving treatment for hemorrhoids
b. A 45-year-old with a suspected hiatal her-nia
c. A 19-year-old with symptoms of appendi-citis
d. A 78-year-old who has frank blood in his stool
e. A 33-year-old who is experiencing symp-toms of pyloric stricture
f. A 52-year-old with a family history of polyps
ANS: B, E, F
Upper GIs are used to detect such things as strictures, ulcers, tumors, polyps, hiatal hernias, and motility problems in the upper GI tract. Hemorrhoids are not detected or treated with an upper GI series. Appendicitis is not detected with an upper GI series. Frank blood in the stool is indicative of a lower GI problem.
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