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The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen

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Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to the emergency room. Although for the majority of patients, symptoms are benign and self-limited, a subset will be diagnosed with an “acute abdomen,” as a result of serious intra-abdominal pathology necessitating emergency intervention [1].

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    Ashley Hardy M.D., Bennet Butler B.S. & Marie Crandall M.D., M.P.H.

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Hardy, A., Butler, B., Crandall, M. (2013). The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen. In: Moore, L., Turner, K., Todd, S. (eds) Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6123-4_2

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