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THE BOWEL SOUNDS IN CASES OF HAEMATEMESIS AND MELAENA
Author(s) -
MILTON G. W.,
CLUNIE G. J. A.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1958.tb03795.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , surgery
Summary1 A careful assessment of the frequency of the bowel sounds was made in twenty cases of haematemesis and melaena. 2 It was found that:–The bowel sounds are increased above what has been defined as the. upper limit of normal, when there is much blood in the small intestine. The bowel sounds are absent if the patient is severely shocked