24 Intestinal Disorders
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rebound tenderness: pressing and letting go
perforation of abdomen viscus: peritonitis and then rigid abdomen and death
weakness in layer
rebound tenderness like appendicitis
occult blood: can't see with eyes but present
inflammed diverticulum on CT
inflammation narrow lumen
C sections, appendectomy
most commonly cause SBO
intestines contract, resisted by adhesions: abdominal/pelvic pain
can't pass stool or gas
absent Meissner
transition zone: dilated to small
dilated: normal
narrow: missing ganglion. No peristalsis
so sedentary life style that bowel become sedentary
preterm
prematurity: immature mucosal defense
necrosis of mucosa
older people
lower GI bleeding, aberant blood vessel (right) on colonoscopy
multiple dilated blood vessels that resemble angiodysplasia
