ABC of 1 to 7: Acute abdominal pain.

The ABC of community emergency care 7 ABDOMINAL PAIN, ABDOMINAL PAIN IN WOMEN, COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY AND LABOUR

Correspondence to: Mr J Wardrope, Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK; jimwardrope@ hotmail.com _________________________ L arge numbers of patients with abdominal pain present to their general practitioners and emergency departments every year. Most require no specific medical intervention but some will require urgent hospital admiss...

Approach to acute abdominal pain.

Evaluation of the emergency department patient with acute abdominal pain may be challenging. Many factors can obscure the clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnosis and subsequent adverse outcomes. Clinicians must consider multiple diagnoses with limited time and information, giving priority to life-threatening conditions that require expeditious management to avoid morbidity and mortalit...

Acute abdominal pain.

Because there are many causes of acute abdominal pain, a systematic approach by the evaluating physician is necessary to narrow the differential diagnosis. It is vital that the physician have an understanding of the mechanisms of pain generation and be familiar with the presentations of common diseases that cause abdominal pain. Recognizing the red flags in the history and physical examination ...

Acute Abdominal Pain

Acute abdominal pain.