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Acute Pancreatitis – Causes, Signs Symptoms, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis
Clinical features The majority of patients with acute pancreatitis have acute onset of severe upper abdominal pain. Patients may have associated nausea and vomiting. On physical examination, patients have abdominal tenderness to palpation. Patients with severe acute pancreatitis may have fever, tachypnea, tachycardia, hypoxemia, and hypotension. Laboratory findings Early in the course of acute pancreatitis, […]
Gastritis and Clinical manifestations and diagnosis (PUD)
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis Clinical manifestations Peptic ulcers are commonly asymptomatic. Symptomatic peptic ulcers most commonly present with epigastric pain or food-provoked epigastric discomfort and fullness, early satiety, and nausea. (See ‘Clinical manifestations’ above.) Complications Complications may be heralded by new ulcer symptoms or a change in symptoms, or may occur in the absence of typical symptoms. […]
