Abdominal pain in the elderly: Use of temperature and laboratory testing to screen for surgical disease

Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Parker, James S ^a   Vukov, Larry F ^b   Wollan, Peter C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029932112     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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