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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Classification
Abdominal pain is traditionally described by its:
- chronicity (acute or chronic)
- progression over time
- nature (sharp, dull, colicky)
- distribution determinded by various methods
- characterization of the factors that make the pain worse or alleviate it.
- such as abdominal quadrant (left upper quadrant, left lower quadrant, right upper quadrant, right lower quadrant)
- other methods that divide the abdomen into nine sections