chapter 5, GI & chapter 6: (acute abdominal inflammation: diverticulosis and diverticulitis - clinical manifestations)
when diverticula perforate and diverticulitis develops, the patient complains of mild to severe pain in the left lower quad of the abdomen, and what else?

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(acute abdominal inflammation: diverticulosis and diverticulitis - clinical manifestations)
when diverticula perforate and diverticulitis develops, the patient complains of mild to severe pain in the left lower quad of the abdomen, and what else?

abbey watson · Accepted Answer

a fever, elevated WBC, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, as well as the patient generally being hypotensive and tachycardic

chapter 5, GI & chapter 6

(acute abdominal inflammation: diverticulosis and diverticulitis - clinical manifestations) when diverticula perforate and diverticulitis develops, the patient complains of mild to severe pain in the left lower quad of the abdomen, and what else?

A fever, elevated WBC, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, as well as the patient generally being hypotensive and tachycardic

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