Acute & emergency · UKMLA & AKT
Small bowel perforation
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Full-thickness disruption of the small bowel wall causing peritoneal contamination, secondary peritonitis, and rapid progression to septic shock - a surgical emergency.
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