A client with complaints of right upper quadrant pain is scheduled for an ultrasound of the gallbladder. The nurse explains that the test will help to identify:
1. the ability of the gallbladder to store and excrete bile.
2. blockages in the common bile duct and sphincter of Oddi.
3. presence of an abdominal aneurysm.
4. presence of gallstones.
Answer: 4
1. A cholecystogram is done to check gallbladder functions of storage and excretion.
2. An ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram) is done to explore the common bile duct and pancreatic sphincters.
3. An abdominal ultrasound would detect an abdominal aneurysm.
4. An ultrasound of the gallbladder can detect gallstones and help evaluate gallbladder emptying.
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