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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

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A 6-year old child is admitted at the hospital with a diagnosis of Celiac disease. The nurse is taking health history and expects to find signs like:

muscle wasting and bipedal edema
muscle wasting and abdominal distention
Rickets and diarrhea
rickets and peripheral edema

Explanation

Answer: B - Muscle wasting and abdominal distention are signs of malnutrition which is present in a child with celiac disease. Other sign is diarrhea, specifically steatorrhea, due to atrophy of the intestinal villi that result to watery stools, malabsorption of nutrients and malnutrition.

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