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==Definition==
==Approach==
* Abdominal pain is considered acute if the duration is less than six months and chronic when it has been occurring over at least six months, either constantly or intermittently.<ref>{{Cite book  | last1 = Sleisenger | first1 = Marvin H. | last2 = Feldman | first2 = Mark | last3 = Friedman | first3 = Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel) | last4 = Brandt | first4 = Lawrence J. | title = Sleisenger and Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, managemen | date = 2010 | publisher = Saunders/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia , PA | isbn = 1-4160-6189-4 | pages =  }}</ref>
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* '''Acute abdomen''' is defined as severe localized or generalized abdominal pain with abdominal rigidity.<ref>{{Cite web  | last = | first = | title = ICD-10 Version:2010 | url = http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/R10.0 | publisher =  | date =  }}</ref> It is less than 24 hours in duration and may require surgical evaluation and intervention.
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==Approach==
==Definition==
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* Abdominal pain is pain felt anywhere between the chest and the groin.
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* Immunocompromised and elderly patients may have atypical patterns of presentation.
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* A systolic blood pressure of more than 80 mm Hg and a proportional pulse pressure of more than 25% suggest adequate cardiac output.
* A systolic blood pressure of more than 80 mm Hg and a proportional pulse pressure of more than 25% suggest adequate cardiac output.


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Latest revision as of 20:13, 29 July 2020

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Approach

abdominal pain critical pathways
Hemodynamically stable Yes No

Definition

  • Abdominal pain is pain felt anywhere between the chest and the groin.
  • Immunocompromised and elderly patients may have atypical patterns of presentation.
  • A systolic blood pressure of more than 80 mm Hg and a proportional pulse pressure of more than 25% suggest adequate cardiac output.

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