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Overview
Physical Examination
Vitals
- Increased heart rate
- Fever in toxic megacolon
Abdominal examination
Percussion
- tympanic note
Palpation
- Palpation of hard fecal masses
- Stercorary ulcers
Heart
- Tachycardia and
- shock.