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| bgcolor=LIGHTYELLOW |Hemodynamically stable?|| bgcolor=LIGHTGRAY |[[Abdominal pain duration physician extender algorithm|Yes]]||bgcolor=LIGHTGRAY |[[Abdominal pain with hemodynamic instability physician extender algorithm|No]]
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* '''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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Revision as of 15:29, 2 August 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Approach

Abdominal pain physician extender algorithm
Hemodynamically stable? Yes No
Duration of Abdominal Pain Acute Chronic

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

  1. 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.

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