Question 55 · LEK · Acute abdomen
The most common symptoms of so-called ‘acute abdomen’ do not include:
- A. positive Blumberg sign.
- B. increased peristaltic sounds, a so-called ‘storm over the abdomen’.
- C. vomiting.
- D. abdominal guarding.
- E. abdominal distension.
Hint
Consider which findings are typical of peritonitis and which belong only to the early phase of one specific condition.
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