Is The Alimentary Canal A Long And Complex Structure?

Ms. Le is a 25 year-old female, with a height of 5’0” and weights 160 lbs. She described herself as not very active who does not regularly exercise and consumes a high amount of fast food and a few alcoholic beverages weekly. She is currently taking prescription medication called Caziant as a contraceptive and moderately takes ibuprofen for headaches and heartburns. She has a medical history of vomiting, heartburn, chest pains, and sever tooth erosion. Due to the many examinations that Ms. Le underwent such as the endoscopy and ph-monitoring test, she was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease also known as GERD.

Using an orogastric tube is generally a safe, cheap, and simple procedure as long as it is done correctly. You would need a stomach tube in order to administer medication or food to an inappetent patient. It can also be used when a pet needs decompression or removal of gastric contents. Another use would be to administer radiographic contrast media for stomach of intestinal contrast radiography also known as a barium series.

There are a few different ways to be diagnosed and/or screened for stomach cancer. One way is an upper endoscopy. This allows the doctor to see anything not normal in the GI tract that wouldn’t be shown in an x-ray. Risks of this procedure usually don’t happen but if

The gastrointestinal tract (GI) also known as the Alimentary Canal is one of the two groups of organs composed in the digestive system. It is defined as a continuous tube that extends from the mouth to the anus through the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities. Organs of the GI tract includes the mouth, most of the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines.

Once again we have been miniaturized in the submarine to continue the fantastic voyage of the digestive system. We will be touring a 55-year-old male. The host will be having a hamburger, French fries, and a root beer. We will be tracing lunch through the digestion process. Digestion is the process of turning the food that is ate into energy needed to survive and involves creating waste to be eliminated. (Mohan, 2010). The digestive tract is a long twisting tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus, called the alimentary canal. The wall of this tube is fashioned of four layers of tissue. The layers are listed from the inside coat to the outside coat: mucosa or mucus membrane, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. The hollow space

On July 6th, 2015, a 76-year-old female was admitted to the hospital. She was admitted with fever, weakness, and abdominal pain with recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting. The patient has a complicated previous medical history of bilateral mastectomy, gastric adenocarcinoma, central line placement, partial gastrectomy, hepatomegaly, atelectasis, spleen enlargement, diverticula, cholestasis, gastronomy tube placement, and hepatotoxicity. A CT scan was performed upon her arrival to the hospital which found evidence of fluid overload and a coiled gastronomy tube in the left lower quadrant which was thought to be causing obstruction. She was scheduled to have her gastrostomy tube tested with a small bowel

to the esophagus. By visualizing the damage to the esophagus, a decision can be made as to whether or not the patient will need a PEG

A gastric emptying scan (GES) is a nuclear medicine exam that uses a radioactive material that you will eat in a meal. You will eat this meal in the Radiology department before your scan. The radioactive material allows doctors to see how your stomach empties.

respiration is the process of energy release from many food substances, for example: glucose and sugar. There are two types of respiration these are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.

The Endophagogastroduodenoscopy is an endoscopic test that dilates the esophagus, stomach and small intestine. This procedure is to diagnose and treat the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. When getting this procedure the physician would place a endoscope from your mouth to your throat with a long blendable tube that appears to be a video camera. A light is attached to visualize the upper part of the GI tract down to the video images.

While I was aware of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluations of swallowing (FEES), I had never experienced one. What an experience it was. Integrating the knowledge previously learned in class, to a useful examination tool in our field was in incredible learning experience. I believe the entire class would agree with that statement. It provided me with a unique learning experience.

Introduction Anastomotic dehiscence in fore-gut surgery is a significant life threatening condition which associated with 25-50 % morbidity rate after intra-thoracic resection for esophageal cancer (1,2) Even though, there have decreased in recent year but remains high mortality rate at 20% (3). The recent studies have reported overall leak rate about 3-6 % comprising of anastomosis dehiscence, staple gastric conduit and secondary to gastric conduit necrosis (1,4,5) Because of individual manifestations, understanding about the cause and pathophysiologic healing of anastomotic dehiscence and prompt diagnosis and treatment may reduce mortality and improve

Digestive Healthcare of Georgia is a gastrointestinal specialty company with 5 office locations in north Georgia. The offices collectively have 17 full-time physicians and 5 Nurse Practitioners to offer ease of scheduling and efficiency of patient care. Digestive Healthcare has 3 of its own Endoscopy Labs to provide in-house procedures and care. The mission of Digestive Healthcare is to provide patients with compassionate, state of the art specialty care in a supportive, caring environment.(www.digestivehealthcare.net) The practice of Gastroenterology involves treatment of disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, gall bladder, pancreas, colon and rectum - the treatments involve Colonoscopy, Upper Endoscopy, Flex sigmoidoscopy, and hemorrhoid banding.

• An upper gastrointestinal (GI) series. This is an X-ray exam of your GI tract involving the use of a chalky liquid that you swallow. The liquid shows up clearly on the X-ray.

Everyone should know that a lower GI is a very common and important exam used to diagnose many colon conditions. A lower GI examination, also know as a barium enema, is an x-ray examination of the large intestine. The large intestine, or large bowel, consists of the entire colon, including the appendix, rectum, and sigmoid colon. This commonly performed test is essentially the predecessor to the more familiar colonoscopy. A lower GI is used worldwide to help diagnose fatal diseases and many other problems that affect the large intestine.