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What initial management steps should be taken for this patient?
What initial management steps should be taken for this patient?
- Monitor vital signs and administer IV resuscitation if necessary (correct)
- Perform surgery immediately
- Prescribe antibiotics and pain medication
- Insert a nasogastric tube and initiate bowel decompression
What are the clinical signs of this patient's condition?
What are the clinical signs of this patient's condition?
- Acute pain at hernial site, features of small bowel obstruction, vomiting
- Fever and signs of sepsis
- Irreducible hernia, absent cough impulse, oedematous, erythematous overlying skin
- All of the above (correct)
What blood tests should be ordered for this patient?
What blood tests should be ordered for this patient?
- Full blood count, C-reactive protein, urea and electrolytes, arterial blood gas, blood culture, blood group and coagulation studies (correct)
- Liver function tests, lipase, amylase, lactate dehydrogenase
- Thyroid function tests, cortisol level, prolactin level
- None of the above
