scholarly journals Acute abdominal pain: Is there a potential role for MRI in the setting of the emergency department in a patient with renal calculi?

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1012-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bobby Kalb ◽  
Puneet Sharma ◽  
Khalil Salman ◽  
Kenneth Ogan ◽  
John G. Pattaras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Renal Calculi

scholarly journals Imaging of non-traumatic acute abdominal pain in adults presenting to the emergency department

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abd El Bagi ◽  
Badr Almutairi ◽  
Sami Alsolamy
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain

Analgesic Access for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients

Medical Care ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1000-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil A. Shah ◽  
Cheryl K. Zogg ◽  
Syed Nabeel Zafar ◽  
Eric B. Schneider ◽  
Lisa A. Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Unscheduled Revisits after Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain at Emergency Department, Mukdahan Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (Suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. S40-S43
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Discharge System ◽  
Effective Discharge ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Pain Patients

Background: Abdominal pain is a common complaint for patients revisiting the Emergency Department (ED). Evaluating the cause of the revisit can improve the quality of ED patient care. Objective: We aimed to analyzed unscheduled revisits after diagnosis of abdominal pain at emergency department. Materials and Methods: In order to determine the characteristics of their abdominal pain and the causes for the revisits, the charts of 90 patients were reviewed. These patients had experienced acute abdominal pain and had returned to the Emergency Department within 48 hours after their initial treatment during the period between January 2019 and December 2019. Results: During that time period, 44,000 patients visited the ED. Of these, 90 patients (0.2%) with acute abdominal pain or related symptoms had revisited the ED within the following 48 hours. Most of these patients had been 20 to 60 years of age and had had no co-morbid diseases. Almost half of patient revisits had occurred during the evening shift (45.6%). There were 74% of these patients, who had been admitted to hospital for observation or for procedures. No in-hospital mortality was reported for this study. The signs and symptoms of abdominal pain in these patients had not been specific. The factors, which most often contributed to the ED revisits, had been inappropriate consultations and inappropriate discharges or advises. Conclusion: The majority of the acute abdominal pain patients, who revisited the ED within 48 hours, had been admitted. The most common cause of revisits had been inappropriate consultations and inappropriate discharges. Improving ED patient care can be managed by contributing to effective consultations and to establishing an effective discharge system for the ED. Keywords: Revisits, Emergency medicine department, Acute abdominal pain

scholarly journals Prevalence of pneumonia in children under 12 years of age who undergo abdominal radiography in the emergency department

CJEM ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (05) ◽  
pp. 347-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valérie Homier ◽  
Colette Bellavance ◽  
Marianne Xhignesse
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Chest Radiograph ◽  
Chest Radiography ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Abdominal Radiograph ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Abdominal Radiography ◽  
X Ray

ABSTRACT Objective: Pneumonia is a well-known cause of acute abdominal pain in children. However, the utility of chest radiography in this setting is controversial. We sought to determine the prevalence of pneumonia in children under 12 years of age who had abdominal pain and underwent abdominal radiography when visiting an emergency department (ED). We also aimed to describe the signs and symptoms of children diagnosed with pneumonia in this context. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of electronic data from ED visits to a tertiary care centre by children 12 years of age and under who were seen between June 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003, and who underwent both an abdominal and a chest radiograph during the same visit, or an abdominal x-ray at a first visit as well as a chest x-ray in the 10 days following the initial visit. Results: Of 1584 visits studied, 30 cases of pneumonia were identified, for a prevalence of 1.89% (95% confidence interval 1.22%–1.56%). If chest radiography had been limited to children who presented with fever, cough and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), the diagnosis of pneumonia would have been missed in only 2/1584 visits (0.13%). Conclusion: Children aged 12 years and under presenting to the ED with acute abdominal pain and in whom an abdominal radiograph is requested need only undergo a chest radiograph in the presence of cough, fever or other symptoms of a URTI.

scholarly journals Randomized Trial of Intravenous Lidocaine Versus Hydromorphone for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Chinn ◽  
Benjamin W. Friedman ◽  
Farnia Naeem ◽  
Eddie Irizarry ◽  
Freda Afrifa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Intravenous Lidocaine

Impact of CT in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 2877-2882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly S. Gardner ◽  
Tracy A. Jaffe ◽  
Rendon C. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain
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