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Hospital Medicine, 2004
A large proportion of children assessed in hospital with abdominal pain will leave with no definitive diagnosis. The challenge is to treat the majority of children with self-limiting but benign conditions and to swiftly identify and treat the child with an uncommon but potentially life-threatening cause of pain.
Phil, Hammond, Joe, Curry
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A large proportion of children assessed in hospital with abdominal pain will leave with no definitive diagnosis. The challenge is to treat the majority of children with self-limiting but benign conditions and to swiftly identify and treat the child with an uncommon but potentially life-threatening cause of pain.
Phil, Hammond, Joe, Curry
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Ultrasonography of the acute abdomen
Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice, 2003For many years, ultrasonography has been considered to be one of the most valuable imaging techniques for evaluation of the abdominal cavity and its organs. In most cases, abdominal ultrasonography helps obtain information that leads to a definitive diagnosis.
Robert, Cruz-Arámbulo, Robert, Wrigley
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Nursing Critical Care, 2008
So many things-some life-threatening-can cause abdominal pain. Here's how to capture the clues quickly and accurately.
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So many things-some life-threatening-can cause abdominal pain. Here's how to capture the clues quickly and accurately.
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International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1998
To calculate the frequency of acute abdomen in pregnancy due to non-obstetric causes in a Saudi population, to discuss the etiology of the high incidence, to discuss how pregnancy altered the symptomatology of acute abdomen and to evaluate the result of early surgical intervention and use of tocolytics on maternal and fetal health.Retrospective ...
M, El-Amin Ali +5 more
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To calculate the frequency of acute abdomen in pregnancy due to non-obstetric causes in a Saudi population, to discuss the etiology of the high incidence, to discuss how pregnancy altered the symptomatology of acute abdomen and to evaluate the result of early surgical intervention and use of tocolytics on maternal and fetal health.Retrospective ...
M, El-Amin Ali +5 more
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2003
The present study aims at establishing the exact role and limitation of ultrasound in pediatric acute abdomen.Fifty children less than 14 years of age presenting with acute abdomen were evaluated by US and other imaging modalities. The mean age of presentation was 3 1/2 years. Maximum number of cases were seen in less than two years of age.
Daya Shankar, Mishra +5 more
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The present study aims at establishing the exact role and limitation of ultrasound in pediatric acute abdomen.Fifty children less than 14 years of age presenting with acute abdomen were evaluated by US and other imaging modalities. The mean age of presentation was 3 1/2 years. Maximum number of cases were seen in less than two years of age.
Daya Shankar, Mishra +5 more
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A phytobezoar in the acute abdomen
The American Journal of Surgery, 2009A phytobezoar is a rare differential diagnosis in the acute abdomen. An 89-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan and ultrasound suggested the presence of a bezoar. A phytobezoar was extracted surgically, and a resection was performed of the perforated small bowel segment.
John-Peder Escobar, Kvitting +2 more
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Ultrasound in the acute abdomen
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2008Ultrasound is widely used as the first-line imaging modality in the assessment of the acute abdomen and in trauma (Marincek, 2002). Ultrasound has the advantages of low cost, real-time bedside imaging, accessibility, portability, lack of ionizing radiation, noninvasiveness, and multiplanar imaging.
Chris, Harvey +2 more
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1989
As our population ages, more patients will be presenting with acute abdominal problems which require attention. Unlike younger patients, the aged present later in the course of their disease and also often have concomitant underlying diseases. The diagnosis of an acute abdomen is further complicated by the relative lack of physical findings which is ...
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As our population ages, more patients will be presenting with acute abdominal problems which require attention. Unlike younger patients, the aged present later in the course of their disease and also often have concomitant underlying diseases. The diagnosis of an acute abdomen is further complicated by the relative lack of physical findings which is ...
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1993
An acute abdomen requires prompt diagnosis and therapy in all age groups. In the elderly population, rapid recognition is particularly important, because the patient may have delayed seeking medical care and may have uncommon illnesses complicating the ultimate course.
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An acute abdomen requires prompt diagnosis and therapy in all age groups. In the elderly population, rapid recognition is particularly important, because the patient may have delayed seeking medical care and may have uncommon illnesses complicating the ultimate course.
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The acute abdomen and the obstetrician
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2000An acute abdomen in pregnancy can be caused by pregnancy itself, be predisposed to by pregnancy or be the result of a purely incidental cause. These various conditions are discussed. The obstetrician often has a difficult task in diagnosing and managing the acute abdomen in pregnancy.
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