Evaluation of acute abdominal pain in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 971-978

  Cartwright, Sarah L ^a,b   Knudson, Mark P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; FEMALE; MALE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 44449086358     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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