Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults: Evaluation and Diagnosis
Acute abdominal pain is defined as pain lasting fewer than seven days and accounts for up to 10% of emergency department visits. 1 In one large study of patients presenting to the emergency ...
elf-limited disease to surgical emergencies. Evaluating abdominal pain requires an approach that relies on the likelihood of disease, patient history, physical examina. ion, laboratory tests, and ...
Acute Abdominal Pain in Children - AAFP
2016年5月15日 · Acute abdominal pain accounts for approximately 9% of childhood primary care office visits. Symptoms and signs that increase the likelihood of a surgical cause for pain include fever, bilious ...
Diagnostic Imaging of Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults - AAFP
2015年4月1日 · Abdominal pain is a common presentation in the ambulatory setting, accounting for 1.5% of all office-based visits and 8% of all emergency department visits in the United States in 2010. 1 Acute ...
Acute Pancreatitis: Rapid Evidence Review | AAFP
Diagnosis. Acute pancreatitis is diagnosed based on the revised Atlanta classification, which includes the presence of at least two of the following criteria: (1) upper abdominal pain, (2) serum ...
Left Lower-Quadrant Pain: Guidelines from the American College …
2010年10月1日 · Acute sigmoid diverticulitis, a complication of colonic diverticulosis, is the most common cause of acute left lower-quadrant pain in adults. Diverticulosis occurs in 5 to 10 percent of persons by ...
Acute Appendicitis: Efficient Diagnosis and Management - AAFP
2018年7月1日 · Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain, with a lifetime risk of 8.6% in males and 6.7% in females. 1 It is the most common nonobstetric surgical emergency during ...
Acute Abdominal Pain in Children - AAFP
2003年6月1日 · Gastroenteritis is the most common cause of abdominal pain in children. 4 Viruses such as rotavirus, Norwalk virus, adenovirus, and enterovirus are the most frequent causes. 4, 5 The most common ...
Updated Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Intra …
2010年9月15日 · The Surgical Infection Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America recently updated recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal infections. Intra-abdominal infections are ...
Acute Diarrhea in Adults - AAFP
Acute diarrheal disease is a common cause of clinic visits and hospitalizations. In the United States, diarrhea accounts for an estimated 179 million outpatient visits, 500,000 hospitalizations ...