Abdominal pain in the ED: A 35 year retrospective

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 711-716

  Hastings, Ramin S ^a   Powers, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052189867     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.01.045     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Brewer B.J., Golden G.T., Hitch D.C., Rudolf L.E., and Wangensteen S.L. Abdominal pain. An analysis of 1,000 consecutive cases in a University Hospital emergency room Am J Surg 131 2 1976 219 223
2. Janzon L., Ryden C.I., and Zederfeldt B. Acute abdomen in the surgical emergency room. Who is taken care of when for what? Acta Chir Scand 148 2 1982 141 148 (Pubitemid 12192503)
3. Powers R.D., and Guertler A.T. Abdominal pain in the ED: stability and change over 20 years Am J Emerg Med 13 3 1995 301 303
4. Simmen H.P., Decurtins M., Rotzer A., Duff C., Brutsch H.P., and Largiader F. Emergency room patients with abdominal pain unrelated to trauma: prospective analysis in a surgical university hospital Hepatogastroenterology 38 4 1991 279 282
5. Jess P., Bjerregaard B., and Brynitz S. Prognosis of acute nonspecific abdominal pain. A prospective study Am J Surg 144 3 1982 338 340 (Pubitemid 12032629)
6. Rusnak R.A., Borer J.M., and Fastow J.S. Misdiagnosis of acute appendicitis: common features discovered in cases after litigation Am J Emerg Med 12 4 1994 397 402 (Pubitemid 24215771)
7. Bohner H., Yang Q., Franke C., Verreet P.R., and Ohmann C. Simple data from history and physical examination help to exclude bowel obstruction and to avoid radiographic studies in patients with acute abdominal pain Eur J Surg 164 10 1998 777 784 (Pubitemid 28518461)
8. Graff L., Russell J., and Seashore J. False-negative and false-positive errors in abdominal pain evaluation: failure to diagnose acute appendicitis and unnecessary surgery Acad Emerg Med 7 11 2000 1244 1255
9. Lukens T.W., Emerman C., and Effron D. The natural history and clinical findings in undifferentiated abdominal pain Ann Emerg Med 22 4 1993 690 696 (Pubitemid 23103871)
10. Stoker J., vanRanden A., and Boermeester M.A. Imaging patients with acute abdominal pain Radiology 253 1 2009 31 46
11. Brandt M.M., and Wahl W.L. Liberal use of CT scanning helps to diagnose appendicitis in adults Am Surg 69 2003 727 731
12. Perez J., Barone J.E., and Wilbanks T.O. Liberal use of CT scanning does not improve diagnostic accuracy in appendicitis Am J Surg 185 2003 194 197 (Pubitemid 36298881)
13. Frei S.P., Bond W.F., Bazuro R.K., Richardson D.M., Sierzega G.M., and Reed J.F. Appendicitis outcomes with increasing computed tomographic scanning Am J Emerg Med 26 1 2008 39 44 (Pubitemid 350245574)
14. Modahl L., Digumarthy S.R., Rhea J.T., Conn A.K., Saini S., and Lee S.I. Emergency department abdominal computed tomography for nontraumatic abdominal pain: optimizing utilization J Am Coll Radiol 3 11 2006 860 866 (Pubitemid 44636381)
15. Petrosyan M., Estrada J., and Chan S. CT scan in patients with suspected appendicitis: clinical implications for the acute care surgeon Eur Surg Res 40 2 2008 211 219 (Pubitemid 351252930)
16. Stromberg C., Johansson G., and Adolfsson A. Acute abdominal pain: diagnostic impact of immediate CT scanning World J Surg 31 12 2007 2347 2354 [discussion 55-8] (Pubitemid 350231473)
17. Tsushima Y., Yamada S., Aoki J., Motojima T., and Endo K. Effect of contrast-enhanced computed tomography on diagnosis and management of acute abdomen in adults Clin Radiol 57 6 2002 507 513 (Pubitemid 35023880)
18. Bechtold R.E., Chen M.Y.M., Ott D.J., Zagoria R.J., Scharling E.S., and Wolfman N.T. Interpretation of abdominal CT: analysis of errors and their causes J Comput Assist Tomogr 21 5 1997 681 685 (Pubitemid 28049605)
19. van Randen A., Laméris W., Nio C.Y., Spijkerboer A.M., Meier M.A., and Tutein Nolthenius C. Inter-observer agreement for abdominal CT in unselected patients with acute abdominal pain Eur Radiol 19 6 2009 1394 1407
20. Silen W. Cope's early diagnosis of the acute abdomen 2005 Oxford University Press New York
21. Brenner D.J., and Hall E.J. Computed tomography-an increasing source of radiation exposure N Engl J Med 357 22 2007 2277 2284 (Pubitemid 350190758)
22. Berrington de González A., Mahesh M., Kim K.P., Bhargavan M., Lewis R., and Mettler F. Projected cancer risks from computed tomographic scans performed in the United States in 2007 Arch Intern Med 169 22 2009 2071 2077
23. Smith-Bindman R., Lipson J., Marcus R., Kim K.P., Mahesh M., and Gould R. Radiation dose associated with common computed tomography examinations and the associated lifetime attributable risk of cancer Arch Intern Med 169 22 2009 2078 2086
24. American College of Radiology ACR appropriateness criteria Radiology 215 Suppl 2000 125 133