Acute abdominal pain and urgency to defecate in the young and the old: A useful symptom-complex?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-242

  Hadjis, Nicholas S ^a,c   McAuley, Gladi Jeanne ^b   Ruo, Leyo ^a   Kwauk, Sam ^a   Olatunbosun, Femi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Abdominal; Abdominal pain; Acute; Aneurysm, ruptured; Aortic aneurysm; Atypical presentation; Defecation; Ectopic; Ectopic pregnancy; Hemoperitoneum; Hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Ruptured

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033106115     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00160-7     Document Type: Article

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