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* '''Acute abdomen''' is defined as severe localized or generalized abdominal pain with abdominal rigidity.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = ICD-10 Version:2010 | url = http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/R10.0 | publisher = | date = }}</ref> It is less than 24 hours in duration and may require surgical evaluation and intervention. | * '''Acute abdomen''' is defined as severe localized or generalized abdominal pain with abdominal rigidity.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = ICD-10 Version:2010 | url = http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/R10.0 | publisher = | date = }}</ref> It is less than 24 hours in duration and may require surgical evaluation and intervention. | ||
* '''Acute abdominal pain''' usually has a duration of several days | * '''Acute abdominal pain''' usually has a duration of several days; '''subacute abdominal pain''' has a duration of more than several days but less than 6 months. | ||
* '''Chronic abdominal pain''' has a duration of more than 6 months.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Sleisenger | first1 = Marvin H. | last2 = Feldman | first2 = Mark | last3 = Friedman | first3 = Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel)|last4 = Brandt | first4 = Lawrence J. | title = Sleisenger and Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, managemen | date = 2010|publisher = Saunders/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia , PA | isbn = 1-4160-6189-4 | pages = }}</ref> | * '''Chronic abdominal pain''' has a duration of more than 6 months.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Sleisenger | first1 = Marvin H. | last2 = Feldman | first2 = Mark | last3 = Friedman | first3 = Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel)|last4 = Brandt | first4 = Lawrence J. | title = Sleisenger and Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, managemen | date = 2010|publisher = Saunders/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia , PA | isbn = 1-4160-6189-4 | pages = }}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Approach
| Hemodynamically stable? | Yes | No |
| Types of abdominal pain | Acute abdomen | Acute abdominal pain | Chronic abdominal pain |
Definition
- Acute abdomen is defined as severe localized or generalized abdominal pain with abdominal rigidity.[1] It is less than 24 hours in duration and may require surgical evaluation and intervention.
- Acute abdominal pain usually has a duration of several days; subacute abdominal pain has a duration of more than several days but less than 6 months.
- Chronic abdominal pain has a duration of more than 6 months.[2]
References
- ↑ "ICD-10 Version:2010".
- ↑ Sleisenger, Marvin H.; Feldman, Mark; Friedman, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel); Brandt, Lawrence J. (2010). Sleisenger and Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, managemen. Philadelphia , PA: Saunders/Elsevier. ISBN 1-4160-6189-4.