Non-traumatic abdominal surgical emergencies in children

Pediatric Emergencies: Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

These causes are age related and can broadly be divided into those that occur in the neonatal period, the infant and toddler, and the child aged 3 years to teenager (Table 1). It must be always kept in mind that, inevitably, there is some overlap and common entities can present atypically. The presenting symptoms of an abdominal emergency in childhood are mainly vomiting, abdominal distension, ...

Role of Ultrasound in Acute Non Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

Acute abdominal pain or better known as acute abdomen is defined as tremendous severe pain arising in the abdominal area and requires immediate care. There is a lack of consensus on the overall incidence of the acute abdomen in the developing world, likely as a result of the range of locations which fall into this category (e.g., Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America) in addit...

Abdominal surgical emergencies in infants and young children.

Surgical emergencies can be missed easily in children, who are not always able to volunteer relevant information. Awareness of the entities discussed in this review might help the EP uncover subtle clues to early diagnoses that might not be initially apparent. Ill-appearing children who have abdominal pain and vomiting should be considered to have ischemic or necrotic bowel until proven otherwi...

Surgical Emergencies in Children

Abdominal surgical emergencies in the puerperium.

Since surgical emergencies in the puerperium are rare, surgeons and obstetricians amass little experience of them. There may be considerable delay in making a diagnosis, firstly, because the abdominal symptoms are thought to be related to the pregnancy, and, secondly, because the signs are rarely convincing in contrast to the symptoms. Any of the common surgical emergencies may occur in pregnan...