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Acute Abdomen
1Department of Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010, USA.
Adolescent Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Abdominal pain is a common complaint in adolescents, and its evaluation is challenging. This article provides a method of evaluating the adolescent with acute abdominal pain, reviews the more common causes that may lead to surgical intervention, and provides algorithms for determining a specific diagnosis and mode of treatment.