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A nurse is assessing an elderly patient with gallstones. the nurse is aware that the patient may not exhibit typical symptoms, and that particular symptoms that may be exhibited in the elderly patient may include what

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Complications related to gallstones can included but not limited, common complications could be being acute cholecystitis which is a sudden inflammation of the gallbladder,this can cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. These are just some complications that a elderly patient could have
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