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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
Chapter 124. Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
Sections: Acute Abdominal Pain in Children: Introduction, Clinical Features, Special Considerations of Evaluation by Age Group, Basic Laboratory Studies, Diagnostic Imaging, Pain Management, Specific Conditions, Acknowledgment, References.
Topics Discussed: abdominal pain; acute abdomen.
Excerpt:"Abdominal pain is a common complaint of children seeking medical care
in the pediatric ED. Data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
indicate that, among all age groups, abdominal pain was the principal
reason (6.8%) for visiting the ED and the second most frequent final
diagnosis (4%).1 Acute abdominal pain
is pain of <1 week's duration. The assessment of acute
abdominal pain in children can be challenging given the preverbal
state of young children and varied number of diagnoses that present
similarly. This chapter begins with a review of the ED evaluation
and management of nontraumatic acute abdominal pain in infants and
children, highlighting the most common diagnoses. The pathophysiology
of abdominal pain is discussed in Chapter 74, Acute Abdominal Pain. Abdominal pain in adolescents and women related to gynecologic
causes is discussed in more detail in Chapter 100, Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Nonpregnant Female...."
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