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Acute abdominal pain: a diagnostic approach
1Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Australian Family Physician
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
The author presents a diagnostic approach to the problem of acute abdominal pain in adults. The typical pain patterns for the various causes are outlined with the aid of illustrations. A systematic method is necessary to make reasonably accurate provisional diagnoses. A summary of possible investigations is included for each condition.