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acute abdomen
bingousmle - 05-01-10 04:24
You are evaluating a 36-year-old man in your office with the chiefcomplaint of abdominal pain. Which of the following characteristics of the pain, if present, would lead you toward an emergent evaluation?
a. The pain is located in the right lower quadrant
b. The pain began suddenly
c. The pain is described as a “gnawing” sensation
d. The pain is worse after eating
e. The pain is associated with emesis
bingousmle - 05-01-10 04:24
You are evaluating a 36-year-old man in your office with the chiefcomplaint of abdominal pain. Which of the following characteristics of the pain, if present, would lead you toward an emergent evaluation?
a. The pain is located in the right lower quadrant
b. The pain began suddenly
c. The pain is described as a “gnawing” sensation
d. The pain is worse after eating
e. The pain is associated with emesis
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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Re: acute abdomen mtniharika - 05-02-10 06:07 My answer is: e.
Mallory-Weiss syndrome or gastro-esophageal laceration syndrome refers to bleeding from tears (a Mallory-Weiss tear) in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, usually caused by severe retching, coughing, or vomiting.
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Re: acute abdomen
bingousmle - 05-03-10 14:52 My answer is: b.
Sudden and/or severe onset of pain should lead the clinician toward an emergent evaluation. In the absence of hemodynamici nstability, those causes are less likely to warrant emergent workup. Emesis with pain is not enough, by itself, to warrant emergent workup.
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Re: acute abdomen babbu5508 - 05-20-10 15:37 My answer is: b.
the following characteristics of the pain, if present, would lead you toward an emergent evaluation?b. The pain began suddenly..could be an an acute abdomen
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