A client is admitted for treatment of a duodenal ulcer. What will the nurse's admission assessment likely reveal?
1. Nausea and lower right quadrant abdominal pain
2. Burning pain several hours after eating a meal
3. Anorexia and weight loss
4. Low back pain radiating down the left leg
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Rationale 1: Nausea and lower right quadrant abdominal pain are more likely associated with appendicitis.
Rationale 2: Duodenal ulcers are associated with burning upper abdominal pain after a meal.
Rationale 3: Anorexia and weight loss are more common with gastric, not duodenal, ulcers.
Rationale 4: Duodenal ulcers do not cause low back pain radiating down the left leg.
Global Rationale: Duodenal ulcers are associated with burning upper abdominal pain after a meal. Nausea and lower right quadrant abdominal pain are more likely associated with appendicitis. Anorexia and weight loss are more common with gastric, not duodenal, ulcers. Duodenal ulcers do not cause low back pain radiating down the left leg.
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