39. Acute, Nonspecific, Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain

  1. Jesse M. Pines1,2,
  2. Christopher R. Carpenter3,4,
  3. Ali S. Raja5,
  4. Jeremiah D. Schuur5

Published Online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch39

Book Title

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pines, J. M., Carpenter, C. R., Raja, A. S. and Schuur, J. D. (2012) Acute, Nonspecific, Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain, in Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch39

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Healthcare Quality, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  3. 3

    Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 7 NOV 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470657836

Online ISBN: 9781118482117

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Keywords:

  • surgical and abdominal complaints;
  • acute, nonspecific, nontraumatic abdominal pain;
  • acute abdominal pain, presenting complaints in EDs;
  • laboratory tests, for ED patients with acute nontraumatic abdominal pain;
  • radiographic imaging modalities in EDs, plain abdominal radiography/CT;
  • diagnostic imaging, CT in acute abdominal pain for diagnostic accuracy;
  • older adults with abdominal pain, at high risk for adverse events;
  • ED use of CT, increased diagnostic certainty, reducing unnecessary surgery;
  • algorithm for diagnostic imaging in acute nontraumatic abdominal pain, and test availability;
  • defining subsets of abdominal pain, for safe evaluation without a CT

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Background

  • Clinical question

  • Comment

  • References

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