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Surgery At a Glance: Diarrhoea
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Bloody diarrhoea is always pathological and usually indicates colitis of one form or another. 8226; Infective causes are common in acute transient diarrhoea. 8226; In diarrhoea of uncertain origin, remember the endocrine causes. 8226; Consider parasitic infections in a history of foreign travel. 8226; Alternating morning diarrhoea and normal/pellety stools later in the day is rarely pathological.
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Surgery At a Glance: April 2011
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Bloody diarrhoea is always pathological and usually indicates colitis of one form or another. 8226; Infective causes are common in acute transient diarrhoea. 8226; In diarrhoea of uncertain origin, remember the endocrine causes. 8226; Consider parasitic infections in a history of foreign travel. 8226; Alternating morning diarrhoea and normal/pellety stools later in the day is rarely pathological.
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Surgery At a Glance: March 2010
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Fluid (which may be physiological or pathological) emanating from the nipple. 8226; Milky discharge is rarely pathological. 8226; Purulent discharge is usually benign. 8226; Bloody discharge is often associated with neoplasia. 8226; If a lump is present, always investigate ‘for the lump’ rather than ‘for. 8226; Lactorrhoea in the newborn (‘witches’ milk’). 8226; Duct papilloma: single duct,? 8226; ...
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Surgery At a Glance: 16 Rectal bleeding
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Anorectal bleeding is characteristically bright red, associated with defaecation, not mixed with the stool and visible on toilet paperboften associated with other symptoms of anorectal disease. 8226; Distal (left-sided/sigmoid) bleeding is characteristically dark red, with clots, may be mixed with the stool. 8226; In the elderly, neoplasia, diverticular disease and angiodysplasia are common causes.
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Surgery At a Glance: March 2011
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Thursday, March 31, 2011. 14 Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal. 8226; Retroperitoneal mass: no movement with respiration, difficult to. Delineate, resonant to percussion. 8226; Bowel masses: often mobile, may be well defined. 8226; Pelvic mass: difficult to ‘get below’, bimanually palpable on PR/PV. 8226; Diverticular mass: tender, ill defined, rubbery hard, non-mobile. With cutaneous sinuses,? 8226; Retention...
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Surgery At a Glance: 15 Jaundice
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. Jaundice (also called icterus) is defined as yellowing of the skin and sclera from accumulation of the pigment bilirubin in the blood and tissues. The bilirubin level has to exceed 35–40 mmol/l before jaundice is clinically apparent. 8226; Jaundice can be classified simply as pre-hepatic (haemolytic), hepatic (hepatocellular) and post-hepatic (obstructive). 8216;A palpable gallbladder in the presence o...
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Surgery At a Glance: April 2010
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Thursday, April 1, 2010. 10 Acute abdominal pain. Abdominal pain is a subjective unpleasant sensation felt in any of the abdominal regions. Acute. Abdominal pain is usually used to refer to pain of sudden onset, and/or short duration. Referred pain. Is the perception of pain in an area remote from the site of origin of the pain. 8226; Generally, colicky (visceral) pain is caused by stretching or contracting. 8226; LETs: usua...
