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11 years ago
A patient with Crohn’s disease is recovering from a bowel resection. The nurse realizes that this patient will do which of the following?
1. never have another recurrence of the disease
2. possibly have a recurrence in another portion of the bowel
3. develop ulcerative colitis
4. experience intestinal strictures
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11 years ago
2 -- The disease process tends to recur in other areas following removal of affected bowel segments. The processes involving Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are different. There is no increased risk for the development of intestinal strictures.
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