A Nurse Assesses a Client with Ulcerative Colitis

question 22

Multiple Choice

A nurse assesses a client with ulcerative colitis.Which complications are paired correctly with their physiologic processes? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Lower gastrointestinal bleeding - Erosion of the bowel wall
• B) Abscess formation - Localized pockets of infection develop in the ulcerated bowel lining
• C) Toxic megacolon - Transmural inflammation resulting in pyuria and fecaluria
• D) Nonmechanical bowel obstruction - Paralysis of colon resulting from colorectal cancer
• E) Fistula - Dilation and colonic ileus caused by paralysis of the colon

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