Abdominal Pain Mimics

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 409-423

  Palmer, Jessica ^a   Pontius, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Diagnoses; Mimics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; AMANITA; AMANITA INTOXICATION; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ENVENOMATION; EPILEPSY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; INTOXICATION; LATRODECTUS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYME DISEASE; MIGRAINE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPIDER BITE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84962140575     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2015.12.007     Document Type: Review

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