Acute abdominal pain in the emergency department of a university hospital in Italy

United European Gastroenterology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 297-304

  Caporale, Nicolò ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio Maria ^a   Nardi, Elena ^a   Cogliandro, Rosanna ^a   Cavazza, Mario ^a   Stanghellini, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Emergency care; Epidemiology; Gastroenterology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006189435     PISSN: 20506406     EISSN: 20506414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2050640615606012     Document Type: Article

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