Abdominal Emergencies

This powerful clinical companion - written by emergency physicians for emergency physicians - takes you through all of the must-know management strategies for acute and chronic abdominal pain and its etiology.

David Cline, M.D., Associate Professor, Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Latha Stead, MD Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Mechanisms of Abdominal Pain	p. 1
Approach to Abdominal Pain	p. 3
Abdominal Pain in Special Populations	p. 12
Utility and Limitations of Laboratory Studies	p. 18
The Role of Imaging in Evaluating Emergency Patients with Abdominal Pain	p. 23
Vomiting	p. 34
Diarrhea	p. 42
Constipation	p. 56
Acute Appendicitis	p. 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	p. 73
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Gastritis	p. 77
Gastrointestinal Bleeding	p. 82
Bowel Obstruction and Volvulus	p. 87
Hernia in Adults and Children	p. 92
Inflammatory Bowel Disease	p. 97
Mesenteric Ischemia	p. 105
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	p. 108
Diverticulitis	p. 116
Alcoholic Hepatitis	p. 122
Viral Hepatitis	p. 125
Cirrhosis and Liver Failure	p. 129
Cholecystitis and Biliary Colic	p. 135
Pancreatitis	p. 142
Complications of Surgical Procedures	p. 146
Urologic Stone Disease	p. 154
Urinary Tract Infections	p. 161
Testicular Torsion	p. 164
Acute Urinary Obstruction and Retention	p. 167
Complications of Urologic Devices	p. 172
Pelvic Pain in the Nonpregnant Patient	p. 181
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	p. 186
Ectopic Pregnancy and Abdominal Pain in the Pregnant Patient	p. 191
Ovarian Torsion	p. 196
Intussusception	p. 201
Malrotation and Volvulus in Infants	p. 206
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura	p. 210
Colic in Infants	p. 214
Pyloric Stenosis	p. 217
Chronic Abdominal Pain	p. 221
Conditions Presenting with Abdominal Wall Pain	p. 226
Cardiac Disease Presenting as Abdominal Pain	p. 231
Nonabdominal Infectious Disorders Presenting with Abdominal Pain	p. 234
Metabolic and Toxicologic Disorders Presenting with Abdominal Pain	p. 244
Neurosychiatric Disorders Presenting with Abdominal Pain	p. 251
Hematologic Disorders Presenting with Abdominal Pain - Sickle Cell Disease	p. 255
Blunt Abdominal Trauma Presenting with Abdominal Pain	p. 261
Admission Decision Making and Discharge Instructions for a Patient with Abdominal Pain	p. 266
Index	p. 273
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