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ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE ACUTE ABDOMEN
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1997Antibiotics are only an adjunct to proper surgical therapy for the treatment of the acute abdomen associated with bacterial secondary peritonitis. Upon presentation, all patients require a preoperative dose of antibiotics for prophylaxis against infection of remaining sterile tissues.
M S, Farber, J H, Abrams
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1994
Acute abdomen patients present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to emergency clinicians. The decision to perform surgery or to treat medically is often difficult to make and requires assimilating patient information, laboratory findings, radiological studies, and DPL.
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Acute abdomen patients present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to emergency clinicians. The decision to perform surgery or to treat medically is often difficult to make and requires assimilating patient information, laboratory findings, radiological studies, and DPL.
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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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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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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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An acute abdomen — with a twist
The British Journal of Radiology, 2008A 59-year-old man presented acutely with generalized abdominal pain and tenderness. He was cardiovascularly stable but had an elevated white cell count of 27610 l and a C-reactive protein of 250 mg l. His biochemistry showed a degree of metabolic acidosis and dehydration, and he had been previously fit and well.
D, Eason, S, Chandramohan
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Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice, 2000
Acute abdominal pain is a clinical sign associated with several underlying disease processes, many of which can be life threatening. Abdominal pain requires efficient diagnostic evaluation to determine the appropriate course of treatment. Definitive treatment involves medical and/or surgical management.
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Acute abdominal pain is a clinical sign associated with several underlying disease processes, many of which can be life threatening. Abdominal pain requires efficient diagnostic evaluation to determine the appropriate course of treatment. Definitive treatment involves medical and/or surgical management.
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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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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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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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