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* '''Acute abdominal pain''' | * '''Acute abdominal pain''' has a duration of 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> | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 26 July 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Approach
| Abdominal Pain Smart Algorithm |
| Hemodynamically stable? | Yes | No |
| Duration of abdominal pain | Acute abdominal pain | Chronic abdominal pain |
Definition
- Acute abdominal pain has a duration of less than 6 months.
- Chronic abdominal pain has a duration of more than 6 months.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.