A 45-year-old male patient attended the ER complaining of abdominal pain and vomiting of 1-day duration, he underwent an appendectomy at the age of 18 years. Abdominal examination revealed tenderness over the appendectomy scar with a resonant percussion note, no rebound phenomenon, and no skin changes, vitals were reasonably stable. All his blood tests were normal. A plain abdominal film showed multiple dilated loops of small bowel. Which of the following statements is true regarding this condition?
سؤال مجاني 1 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة والشرح
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الإجابة: C. Dilated bowel loops are highly suggestive of bowel obstruction (together with the clinical picture)
Dilated bowel loops with air-fluid levels, together with the clinical picture, suggest bowel obstruction, so C is true.
- A is false: adhesive obstruction often settles with IV drip and NG suction, and surgery is kept for failure or strangulation.
- B is false: the cardinal features are pain, distension, vomiting and constipation, and fever is not one of them.
- D is false: adhesions and hernias are the common causes, not tumors.
- المصدر
- Bowel obstruction - Afnan.pdf · p. 15
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION.pdf · p. 25
Surgical Principles - Bowel Obstruction.pdf · p. 2 - المحاضرة
- Bowel obstruction · General Surgery · Module D
- ظهر في
- Surgery QB (Module D) p. 39 Q32