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An 8-year-old patient reports right lower quadrant pain, diarrhea, and has a fever. The nurse suspects the cause of these symptoms is:
a. cholelithiasis.
b. typhlitis.
c. hepatitis.
d. pneumonitis.
Answer
b. typhlitis.
Rationale:
Typhlitis is characterized by right-lower-quadrant pain, fever, diarrhea or constipation, or guarding.
Reference:
Kline, N.E. (Ed.). (2014). Essentials of pediatric hematology/oncology nursing: A core curriculum (4th ed.). Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, p. 288.