While running, the neck of a giraffe moves backward and forward to keep the animal balanced. Giraffes have a top speed of about 56 kilometres per hour (35 miles per hour), however, because its legs are so long a galloping giraffe does not appear to be going very fast.
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (infection and inflammation of the membrane lining the abdominal cavity) is a frequent complication among cirrhotic patients (patients with endâstage liver disease marked by irreversible scarring of liver tissue) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Peritonitis is most often caused by introduction of an infection into the otherwise sterile peritoneal environment through organ perforation, but it may also result from other irritants, such as foreign bodies, bile from a perforated gall bladder or a lacerated liver, or gastric acid from a perforated ulcer.epending on the underlying pathology, the resultant peritonitis may be infectious or sterile (ie, chemical or mechanical). Intra-abdominal sepsis is an inflammation of the peritoneum caused by pathogenic microorganisms and their products.