Abstract
Abdominal emergencies differ by age in the pediatric population. This chapter is a wonderful way to frame the likelihood of a diagnosis in an easy-to-read table format packed with “Quick Hits.” The pearls at the end of the chapter are a nice way to avoid some common pitfalls in the pediatric abdominal pain patient.
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- Abdominal X-ray
- Appendicitis
- Bilious vomiting
- Bimanual exam
- Bloody stool
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Constipation
- Detorsion
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Epigastric pain
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
- Hirschprung’s disease
- Hydronephrosis
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Intussusception
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Lower quadrant pain
- Malrotation with volvulus
- Meckel’s Diverticulum
- Non-accidental trauma
- Ovarian torsion
- Pancreatitis
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Pyloric stenosis
- Renal stones
- Right lower quadrant pain
- Right upper quadrant pain
- Ultrasound
- Upper GI series
- Urinary tract infection
- Vaginal discharge
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Kendi, S. A. I. (2018). Pediatric Abdominal Pain. In Quick Hits for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (pp. 43–47). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93830-1_7
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