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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Medical

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You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that gets worse after she eats and is unresolved by antacids. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?

Appendicitis
Pancreatitis
Cholecystitis
Gastritis

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Answer: C -If you are assessing a patient who presents with a chief complaint of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that worsens after eating and is not resolved by antacids, he or she may be suffering from cholecystitis. Cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gall bladder. 90% of acute cholecystitis cases are caused by gallstones.

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