Changes

A hypokalaemia and hypochloraemia with a metabolic alkalosis will also be present.

A hypokalaemia and hypochloraemia with a metabolic alkalosis will also be present.

A peritoneal tap is a useful diagnostic aid to establish if peritonitis is present however levels will return to normal if the infectionhas already been walled off into an abscess.

A peritoneal tap is a useful diagnostic aid to establish if peritonitis is present where there will be a high protein and cell count. These parameters however will return to normal once the infection has already been walled off into an abscess.

 

==Pathology==

==Pathology==