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Revision as of 22:00, 10 August 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Approach
| Abdominal pain critical pathways |
| Hemodynamically stable? | Yes | No |
Definition
- Abdominal pain is pain felt anywhere between the chest and the groin.
- Immunocompromised and elderly patients may have atypical patterns of presentation.
- A systolic blood pressure of more than 80 mm Hg and a proportional pulse pressure of more than 25% suggest adequate cardiac output.