The nurse is assessing a patient diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. Which of the following assessment findings is consistent with this diagnosis?
Explanation
• Common symptoms of acute pancreatitis include upper epigastric pain that bores through the body to the back, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and an elevated temperature.
• Hypertension is not associated with pancreatitis, although blood pressure may become elevated in response to pain.
• RLQ pain is usually associated with appendicitis, not pancreatitis.