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Clinical stages of peritonitis

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There are 3 stages in peritonitis. In stage 1- it lasts between 2-12 hrs and the patient is in acute pain, gaeneralised pain all over abdomen, tachycardic, BP may be high, pyrexial. In stage 2 - The body tries to fight the infection/inflammatory process by trying to localise the inflammation (omentum form a protective layer) and the patient may seem relatively well in the next 12-24 hrs. In stage 3 the body fails and patient is more unwell - pyrexial, tachycardic, hypotensive and in shock.

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