acute abdomen

I have a possible broken hip and an acute abdomen to see.

Acute abdomen of the ischemic variety is usually due to:

Occasionally, the disease may manifest itself as an acute abdomen or bowel obstruction.

Acute abdomen - correlation between clinical radiological and operative findings.

Peritonitis is an example of an acute abdomen.

It only deals with the acute abdomen.

Docusate is contraindicated in patients with appendicitis, acute abdomen or ileus.

Acute abdomen is occasionally used synonymously with peritonitis.

The intermittent Chilaiditi syndrome: Differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen.

The term acute abdomen refers to a sudden, severe abdominal pain of unclear etiology that is less than 24 hours in duration.

If the health care provider finds evidence of peritonitis, the abdominal pain may be classified as an "acute abdomen", which may require surgery right away.

Traditionally, the use of opiates or other painkillers in patients with an acute abdomen has been discouraged before the clinical examination, because these would alter the examination.

The abdomen may be tender to the point that an acute abdomen may be suspected, such as acute pancreatitis, appendicitis or gastrointestinal perforation.

Appendicitis: Acute Abdomen and Surgical Gastroenterology from the Merck Manual Professional (Content last modified September 2007)

Guarding is a characteristic finding in the physical examination for an abruptly painful abdomen (an acute abdomen) with inflammation of the inner abdominal (peritoneal) surface due, for example, to appendicitis or diverticulitis.

Abdominal ultrasound is commonly used in the setting of abdominal pain or an acute abdomen (sudden and/or severe abdominal pain syndrome in which surgical intervention might be necessary), in which it can diagnose appendicitis or cholecystitis.

The residents recited their litanies of peritonitis, acute abdomens, raging fevers, and hematocrits of 20 that should have been 40, and the attending crisply issued orders to start our patients on huge doses of penicillin and to pump them full of blood.