Acute abdominal pain is a common emergency room complaint, with causes ranging from benign to life-threatening conditions requiring urgent intervention. The differential diagnosis is broad, including infections, inflammatory processes, vascular occlusion, aortic dissection, bowel obstruction, undiagnosed tumors...
Abdominal pain is the principal symptom of most acute abdominal diseases. In particular, the acute onset of severe abdominal pain in a patient who was previously well suggests a disease of surgical importance, especially if the pain has persisted for six hours or more. The term "acute abdomen"...
Acute inferior wall myocardial infarction (heart attack where bottom wall of the heart is damaged) may cause abdominal pain Differential Diagnosis ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Gastritis, ileitis, colitis, esophagitis Ulcers: gastric, peptic, ...
Key Points: Differential Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain by Age 1 Infants and children carry a differential diagnosis of intussusception, intestinal volvulus, and incarcerated inguinal hernias. 2 In adolescents, trauma, appendicitis, and mesenteric adenitis are possible diagnoses. 3 The differential diagnosis ...
V. Differential Diagnosis See Acute Abdominal Pain Causes See Generalized Abdominal Pain See Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain See Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain See Left Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain See Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain See Extraperitoneal Abdominal Pain Causes See Abdominal Wal...
or appetite can quickly narrow the differential diagnosis. Findings in theacute abdomenoften include severe pain, which may be caused by infection,bleeding, infarction of tissue, or obstruction of a hollowviscus(bowel,fallopian tube, or ureter). Any of these conditions can irritate and inflame the...
When evaluating the gravid patient with acute abdominal pain, one must remember that the reference ranges for some very commonly used laboratory tests are altered in pregnancy. These changes can make the initial evaluation process somewhat more difficult. For example, an inflammatory process such as ...
of this condition in children, pediatric surgeons should be cautious in the differential diagnosis of a case of acute right iliac fossa abdominal pain.Truon... TA Linh,LT Hiu 被引量: 0发表: 2022年 A Pediatric Case of Granulomatous Appendicitis Operated Due to Recurrent Abdominal Pain Granulomato...
Acute abdominal pain in a pregnant patient is associated with a long differential diagnosis, and diagnostic imaging is often required to guide management. Ultrasound is safe and widely available; however, maternal structures may be difficult to evaluate during pregnancy due to anatomic changes. Computed...
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