A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns. The client complains of abdominal pain and begins vomiting blood. The nurse anticipates diagnostic testing to determine if the client has de-veloped
a. a Curling's ulcer.
b. chronic gastritis.
c. H. pylori infection.
d. pyloric stenosis.
A
Besides peptic and gastric ulcers, acute gastric erosion (frequently called stress ulcers or stress-erosive gastritis) can occur after an acute medical crisis. Major assaults that lead to ga-stroduodenal ulcerations include (a) severe trauma or major illness, (b) severe burns, (c) head injury or intracranial disease, (d) drug ingestion (e.g., aspirin, NSAIDs, alcohol) that acts on the gastric mucosa, (e) shock, and (f) sepsis.
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