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Understanding Acute Gastroenteritis Care

This document discusses acute gastroenteritis (AGE), an infection or irritation of the digestive tract that causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. AGE is very common and spread through poor hygiene or contaminated food/water. According to surveys in the Philippines in 2006, over 500,000 people were affected by diarrhea, with over 900 deaths due to dehydration. In 2004, an outbreak of AGE affected 45 towns in Central Pangasinan due to contaminated water or food. The objectives are to understand the disease, identify patient needs, learn about AGE's causes and pathophysiology, assess patients, interpret tests, provide medical management, give nursing care, and develop discharge plans.

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Understanding Acute Gastroenteritis Care

This document discusses acute gastroenteritis (AGE), an infection or irritation of the digestive tract that causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. AGE is very common and spread through poor hygiene or contaminated food/water. According to surveys in the Philippines in 2006, over 500,000 people were affected by diarrhea, with over 900 deaths due to dehydration. In 2004, an outbreak of AGE affected 45 towns in Central Pangasinan due to contaminated water or food. The objectives are to understand the disease, identify patient needs, learn about AGE's causes and pathophysiology, assess patients, interpret tests, provide medical management, give nursing care, and develop discharge plans.

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I.

Introduction

Gastroenteritis is the infection or irritation of the digestive tract, particularly the stomach
and the intestines. It is also known as gastric flu/ stomach flu, although it is not related to
influenza. It is usually consist of mild to severe diarrhea that may be accompanied by loss of
appetite, nausea, vomiting, cramps and discomfort in the abdomen. Although Gastroenteritis
usually is not serious for healthy adults, it can cause life-threatening dehydration and electrolyte
imbalance in very ill, the very young and the very old. (Merck Manual)

Gastroenteritis is a very common disease; most people are at some risk to encounter the
wide-spread causes (mainly viral and bacterial). This risk is due to poor hygiene of a few people
with the disease that may be encountered frequently in daily living (for example, infants,
children, or some food handlers). Some people have higher risk for infection; for example,
individuals on cruise ships or those that live or work in crowded conditions like child care
centers, dorms, or barracks, because of the higher chance that an infected person will come in
contact with many other people, and rapidly spread the causative agent. ([Link])

According to the then NSO survey, 572, 259 infants, young and old were affected by
diarrheal diseases during 2006. Because of severe dehydration and diarrhea, 914 case of Acute
Gastroenteritis specifically infants hospitalize and eventually die. ) Locally, In July 22, 2004, the
Department of Health (DOH), Philippines declared an epidemic (outbreak) of a water/food-borne
disease called acute gastroenteritis in 45 towns in Central Pangasinan. Acute gastroenteritis is a
human enteric (intestinal) disease primarily caused by ingestion of spoiled or bacterial
contaminated water or food.([Link])
II. Objectives

A. General Objectives

To understand the underlying disease of the patient and identify the significant
physiological, psychological and socioeconomic needs to provide appropriate care.

B. Specific Objectives

1. To know the anatomy of the G.I. tract and pathophysiology of Acute


Gastroenteritis.

2. To learn about the major etiologic agent of AGE.

3. To determine the previous and present medical history of the patient.

4. To perform physical assessment with special attention on the systems focus.

5. To show the laboratory examination results with the corresponding normal values,
actual result from the patient, and its interpretation

6. To learn the basic principle of medical management of AGE.

7. To gain information through Nurse-Patient interaction, identify problems from the


client and provide the appropriate nursing care plan.

8. To understand the pharmacological management set on the client and provide


nursing interventions.

9. To identify the discharge plan for the patients rehabilitation to conduct an


evaluation of the clients condition from admission to present.

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