The evaluation of the acute abdomen

Ashley Hardy; Bennet Butler; Marie Crandall

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6123-4_2

The evaluation of the acute abdomen

Ashley Hardy, Bennet Butler, Marie Crandall^*

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Orthopaedic Surgery

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Abstract

Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to the emergency room. Although for the majority of patients, symptoms are benign and self-limited, a subset will be diagnosed with an acute abdomen, as a result of serious intra-abdominal pathology necessitating emergency intervention [1].

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	19-31
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461461234
ISBN (Print)	1461461227, 9781461461227
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6123-4_2
State	Published - Jul 1 2013

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