Gastroenterology Flashcards
1
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Gray Turner’s sign
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Blood tracking along the intercostal space, is indicative of hemorrhage in the retroperitoneal space.
hemorrhagic acute pancreatitis.
2
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Hollow viscus injury.
A
a spectrum of bowel injury ranging from hematomas to full thickness defects in the walls of the stomach, small, or large intestines.
3
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Meconium ileus
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it commonly present in Cystic fibrosis.
Bilious vomiting, distended loops of bowel on radiography, and failure to pass meconium.