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Essentials 1 The two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The principal clinical features are diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain. 2 IBD is a chronic and relapsing condition. Patients may present to the emergency…
Essentials 1 Small bowel obstruction is most often caused by adhesions, hernias or neoplasms. Large bowel obstruction more commonly results from neoplasms, volvulus or strictures. 2 The common clinical features of bowel obstruction are paroxysms of poorly localized abdominal pain,…