Gastroenterology Flashcards

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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.

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Hollow viscus injury.

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a spectrum of bowel injury ranging from hematomas to full thickness defects in the walls of the stomach, small, or large intestines.

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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.

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