About peptic ulcer disease in adolescents

Abstract

Sh., 15 years old, admitted to the department on 17/X 1970 with a diagnosis of acute abdomen. He had been suffering from gastritis since 1962; his condition had worsened sharply 6 hours previously. Respiration was rapid, shallow, heart tones muffled, pulse 104, BP undetectable, tongue dry with brown plaque; anterior abdominal wall tense throughout; Schetkin-Blumberg symptom positive; peristaltic murmurs not audible.

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