Module 11: Muscular Skeleton System (Assessment)
Uma, your nurse brings her daughter who is 8 months old to your practice. The daughter is crying incessantly and is passing out blood with mucus in her stools. You suspect intussusception. You:
A. Know that intussusception is frequently ileocaecal
B. Cannot be diagnosed clinically and will need an X-ray or ultrasound
C. It frequently occurs in the 4th year of life
D. It is not an emergency
E. Usually treated with suction and intravenous drip
Uma, your nurse brings her daughter who is 8 months old to your practice. The daughter is crying incessantly and is passing out blood with mucus in her stools. You suspect intussusception. You:
A. Know that intussusception is frequently ileocaecal
B. Cannot be diagnosed clinically and will need an X-ray or ultrasound
C. It frequently occurs in the 4th year of life
D. It is not an emergency
E. Usually treated with suction and intravenous drip