Paediatric acute abdomen

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 2004 English Publisher:Mark Allen GroupJournal:Hospital Medicine, volume 65, pages 686-689 (issn: 1462-3935, eissn: 2053-4299,

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Authors: Phil, Hammond; Joe, Curry;

doi: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.11.17049

pmid: 15566062

Paediatric acute abdomen

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Abstract

A large proportion of children assessed in hospital with abdominal pain will leave with no definitive diagnosis. The challenge is to treat the majority of children with self-limiting but benign conditions and to swiftly identify and treat the child with an uncommon but potentially life-threatening cause of pain.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
United Kingdom

Keywords

Abdomen, Acute, Diagnosis, Differential, Child, Preschool, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Infant, Child, Medical History Taking, Physical Examination

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