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Analysis of cases of acute occlusive abdomen in elderly patients
1Surgery Department, Municipal Hospital, Ramnicu Sarat, Romania.
Abstract:
Mechanisms of acute abdomen in the elderly patient are not different from the ones of young adults. What differs is the large number of associated diseases and specific geriatric pathology, ischemic disorders, diverticular disease. The diagnosis of acute abdomen in the elderly patient is difficult due to unclear symptoms, laboratory samples less modified and low cooperation. The article analyzed two groups of patients over 65 years, hospitalized in surgery in the last three years, with the diagnosis of acute surgical abdomen, from the point of view of the appearance of complications depending on the days of delay until surgery.
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