The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Cholelithiasis Who

question 20

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with cholelithiasis who has a new laboratory finding of serum amylase of 300 units/L. The patient states, "My primary health care provider said I don't have pancreatitis." What is the most likely explanation for the laboratory finding?

• A) The gallstone is causing acute cholecystitis.
• B) The gallstone has migrated to the neck of the pancreas.
• C) The gallstone has caused bile to back into the pancreas.
• D) The gallstone is blocking the common bile duct.

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