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==Evaluation== | ==Evaluation== | ||
A positive Carnett's test for abdominal wall tenderness may help.<ref name="pmid1826626">{{cite journal| author=Thomson WH, Dawes RF, Carter SS| title=Abdominal wall tenderness: a useful sign in chronic abdominal pain. | journal=Br J Surg | year= 1991 | volume= 78 | issue= 2 | pages= 223-5 | pmid=1826626 }} </ref> | |||
One approach is [[ultrasonography]] of the abdomen, followed by [[computed tomography]] of the abdomen if ultrasonography is negative.<ref name="pmid19561056">{{cite journal| author=Laméris W, van Randen A, van Es HW, van Heesewijk JP, van Ramshorst B, Bouma WH et al.| title=Imaging strategies for detection of urgent conditions in patients with acute abdominal pain: diagnostic accuracy study. | journal=BMJ | year= 2009 | volume= 338 | issue= | pages= b2431 | pmid=19561056 | One approach is [[ultrasonography]] of the abdomen, followed by [[computed tomography]] of the abdomen if ultrasonography is negative.<ref name="pmid19561056">{{cite journal| author=Laméris W, van Randen A, van Es HW, van Heesewijk JP, van Ramshorst B, Bouma WH et al.| title=Imaging strategies for detection of urgent conditions in patients with acute abdominal pain: diagnostic accuracy study. | journal=BMJ | year= 2009 | volume= 338 | issue= | pages= b2431 | pmid=19561056 | ||
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19561056 | doi=10.1136/bmj.b2431 }} | | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19561056 | doi=10.1136/bmj.b2431 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 20:46, 29 September 2010
In medicine, abdominal pain is a "sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region; generally associated with functional disorders, tissue injuries, or diseases."[1]
Evaluation
A positive Carnett's test for abdominal wall tenderness may help.[2]
One approach is ultrasonography of the abdomen, followed by computed tomography of the abdomen if ultrasonography is negative.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Abdominal pain (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Thomson WH, Dawes RF, Carter SS (1991). "Abdominal wall tenderness: a useful sign in chronic abdominal pain.". Br J Surg 78 (2): 223-5. PMID 1826626.
- ↑ Laméris W, van Randen A, van Es HW, van Heesewijk JP, van Ramshorst B, Bouma WH et al. (2009). "Imaging strategies for detection of urgent conditions in patients with acute abdominal pain: diagnostic accuracy study.". BMJ 338: b2431. DOI:10.1136/bmj.b2431. PMID 19561056. Research Blogging.