This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Angela Mills and Anthony Dean, will include articles on the following topics: Approach to acute abdominal pain;Evaluation of abdominal pain in older adults; Evaluation of abdominal pain in the pediatric population; Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain;Esophageal and gastric emergencies; and Anorectal emergencies and foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. CME Accreditation Page and Author Disclosure - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface - p. 7 8. Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain - p. 8 9. Imaging and Laboratory Testing in Acute Abdominal Pain - p. 15 10. Systemic Causes of Abdominal Pain - p. 24 11. Vomiting, Diarrhea, Constipation, and Gastroenteritis - p. 33 12. Gastrointestinal Bleeding - p. 49 13. Vascular Abdominal Emergencies - p. 57 14. Gastric and Esophageal Emergencies - p. 68 15. Emergencies of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas - p. 79 16. Bowel Obstruction and Hernia - p. 95 17. Appendicitis, Diverticulitis, and Colitis - p. 109 18. Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Anorectal Emergencies - p. 122 19. Abdominal Pain in Children - p. 139 20. Acute Abdominal Pain in the Older Adult - p. 153 21. Abdominal Pain in Special Populations - p. 164 22. Index - p. 170
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Angela Mills and Anthony Dean, will include articles on the following topics: Approach to acute abdominal pain;Evaluation of abdominal pain in older adults; Evaluation of abdominal pain in the pediatric population; Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain;Esophageal and gastric emergencies; and Anorectal emergencies and foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. CME Accreditation Page and Author Disclosure - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface - p. 7 8. Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain - p. 8 9. Imaging and Laboratory Testing in Acute Abdominal Pain - p. 15 10. Systemic Causes of Abdominal Pain - p. 24 11. Vomiting, Diarrhea, Constipation, and Gastroenteritis - p. 33 12. Gastrointestinal Bleeding - p. 49 13. Vascular Abdominal Emergencies - p. 57 14. Gastric and Esophageal Emergencies - p. 68 15. Emergencies of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas - p. 79 16. Bowel Obstruction and Hernia - p. 95 17. Appendicitis, Diverticulitis, and Colitis - p. 109 18. Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Anorectal Emergencies - p. 122 19. Abdominal Pain in Children - p. 139 20. Acute Abdominal Pain in the Older Adult - p. 153 21. Abdominal Pain in Special Populations - p. 164 22. Index - p. 170
