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Helping patients with symptoms other than pain 6: Bowel obstruction

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Activity 3

Match the following treatment to the symptom they can treat.  The first has been done for you.

Symptom Treatments
Colic B D

A

nasogastric tube
Nausea

B

 cup of tea
Vomiting

C

 cyclizine
Dehydration D hyoscine butylbromide
Thirst E bucket
Faeculant vomiting F IV or SC fluids

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