منابع مشابه
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...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic abdominal pain is one of the most frequent reasons for medical consultation. There is, however, no well-established protocol for its diagnostic approach and, most of the times, investigation becomes an expensive and invasive medical practice. This review aimed at explaining visceral pain pathophysiology and establishing diagnostic and therapeutic goals for thes...
متن کاملDiagnostic approach and management of acute abdominal pain.
The incidence of acute abdominal pain ranges between 5-10% of all visits at emergency department. Abdominal emergencies of hospital visits may include surgical and non-surgical emergencies. The most common causes of acute abdomen are appendicitis, biliary colic, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, visceral perforation, pancreatitis, peritonitis, salpingitis, mesenteric adenitis an...
متن کاملSystemic Classification for a New Diagnostic Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
PURPOSE With previous methods based on only age and location, there are many difficulties in identifying the etiology of acute abdominal pain in children. We sought to develop a new systematic classification of acute abdominal pain and to give some helps to physicians encountering difficulties in diagnoses. METHODS From March 2005 to May 2010, clinical data were collected retrospectively from...
متن کاملAn approach to functional abdominal pain in children and adolescents.
For children with chronic abdominal pain, the early introduction of stress as a potential cause is likely to improve outcome. Parents underestimate their child's awareness of and capacity to worry about everyday events. Parents, children, and teachers need to be convinced that functional symptoms are a normal feature of life. The need for empathy and quality discussion between doctor, parents, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1738-9364
DOI: 10.3904/kjm.2012.83.5.553