Clinical profile of acute abdomen cases at a tertiary care hospital

Chimkode Ravindra; Shivakumar C. R.

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20151541

Authors

Chimkode Ravindra Department of Surgery, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
Shivakumar C. R. Department of Surgery, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20151541

Keywords:

Acute abdomen, Pain abdomen, Surgical intervention

Abstract

Background: Abdominal pain is a common presentation in the outpatient setting and is challenging to diagnose. Abdominal pain is the presenting complaint in 1.5 percent of office-based visits1 and in 5 percent of emergency department visits.

Methods: All patients with who present with acute abdomen including blunt trauma to abdomen and post-operative cases are included for study and those who give consent for study. A total of 50 cases were studied during the period.

Results: Out of 50 cases 37 were due to non-traumatic abdominal pathology and 13 cases were caused by traumatic factor.

Conclusions: Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in the Emergency Department and clinicians must consider multiple diagnoses, especially in those cases that require immediate intervention in order to limit morbidity and mortality.

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