Summary Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting symptoms in the outpatient and emergency department settings. Acute abdominal pain is often caused by conditions that require surgical intervention and can be life-threatening if diagnosis is delayed. The key is to identify patients requiring...
Acute abdominal pain is often caused by conditions that require surgical intervention and can be life-threatening if diagnosis is delayed. The key is to identify patients requiring surgery in a rapid manner. Chronic abdominal pain has a broad differential and frequently is due to functional causes ...
Two approaches to evaluate pts with acute abdominal pain: 1. Classification of abd pain into systems 2. Abdominal Topography (4 quadrants) Classification on Abdominal Pain ? Three main categories of abdominal pain: 1. Intra-abdominal (arising from within the abd cavity / retroperitoneum) involves:...
Klein KB. Approach to the patient with abdominal pain. In: Yamada T, Alpers DH, Owyang C, Powell DW, Silverstein FE, eds. Textbook of Gastroenterology. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company; 1995:750-771Pasricha PJ (2003) Approach to the patient with abdominal pain. In: Yamada T (ed) ...
An acute care approach to functional abdominal pain Functional abdominal pain disorders are commonly seen in the acute care setting and can be a source of frustration for patients and providers given their i... E Krajicek,S Hansel - 《Journal of the American Academy of Pas》 被引量: 0发表:...
The main goals of surgery are to neutralize and evacuate the cyst contents, while avoiding spillage into the peritoneal cavity, with the danger of anaphylaxis and dissemination.1,7-10 Control of spillage is well established during open surgery, but necessitates a relatively large abdominal incision...
The presentation of a patient with acute abdominal pain often is both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the veterinary practitioner. Rapid physical examination and assessment of the patient's cardiovascular status are critical to initiating appropriate and often aggressive medical management as dia...
This further emphasizes the need for rapid diagnosis should an elderly patient present with abdominal pain. Methods to decrease the mortality from acute surgical problems are limited, but are potentially very effective. The first is to arrange for elective correction of the problem should it be ...
Approach to the Acute Abdomen The term acute abdomen is imprecise and refers to severe abdominal pain that brings the patient to hospital. These patient need to be aggressively managed with resuscitation, investigation and where indicated, early surgery. F Piscioneri 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 Emergen...
Vomiting and/or diarrhea often accompany this abdominal pain as well. As with any emergent patient, the basic principles of stabilization of the four major body systems (respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, and renal systems) should be adhered to when initially assessing and stabilizing these ...