Acute abdominal pain is defined as the pain lasting for less than seven days. It should not be confused with acute abdomen, which refers to the abrupt onset of severe pain with features suggesting a surgically intervenable process. The differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain is broad, thu...
An 11-year-old premenarchal female with a history of constipation, sickle cell trait, and obesity presented to the emergency department with 5 days of abdominal pain. Her pain began in the right lower quadrant (RLQ) and remained localized without radiation. The pain...
Patients with an acute abdomen (guarding, rebound, or rigidity) need immediate transfer to an emergency department for surgical evaluation. Do not delay for lab testing or results. 2. Any female of childbearing age should have a pregnancy test performed. 3. Patients with abdominal trauma should ...
Laparoscopy was performed in 30 Cambodians (male:female = 2: 28). The average age was 27.5 (18-43) years. Average duration of RLQ abdominal pain was 11.5 (6-19) days. Average white blood cell (WBC) count was 8,772 cell/mm3. Average neutrophils and eosinophils were 50% and 10% ...
What is the diagnostic framework for acute abdominal pain if broken down by anatomic region? 单击单词卡可翻转 👆 - RUQ- Epigastric - LUQ- Right flank - periumbilical - left flank - RLQ - Suprapubic - LLQ 单击单词卡可翻转 👆 1 / 37 单词卡 学习 测试 配对...
Chronic (long termorrecurring) pain in the lower right abdomen, lasting fromfew months to yearsmay arise from: 1. Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s diseaseusually affect young to middle aged adults and may appear with RLQ pain, nausea, low-grade fever, diarrhea, blood in the stool, skin rash, ...
Calculated as the ratio of abdominal tenderness between the least tender (highest PPT) and most tender (or RLQ) quadrants. A higher ATLR indicates a greater degree of tenderness localization within the abdomen; a lower ATLR indicates more diffuse tenderness. 2.3.2. Global abdominal tenderness loc...