Question

A client is diagnosed with dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery. Which findings on the nursing assessment correlate with this diagnosis?

Answer 1

Answer:

In the diagnosis of dumping syndrome it could be find tachycardia, feeling hot, sweat, sickness, diarrhea and different symptoms associated with hyperglycemia.

Explanation:

The dumping syndrome is a situation in which food, specially sugar, goes too quickly from the stomach to the duodenum. It’s also called rapid gastric emptying. It can be one of the complications associated to a gastric or esophageal surgery. It can be early dumping which happens 10 to 30 minutes after a meal, or a later dumping which occurs 2 to 3 hours after a meal.