ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2013
Etiology of non-traumatic acute abdomen in pediatric emergency departments.
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- Decoding Non-Traumatic Acute Abdomen in Children: Insights from the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2026Article
- Abdominal computed tomography use in the emergency department among children with abdominal pain: a retrospective analysis.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Current status and solutions for the overuse of emergency CT in pediatric patients with abdominal pain.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Feasibility of a deep learning artificial intelligence model for the diagnosis of pediatric ileocolic intussusception with grayscale ultrasonography.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
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- The Modified Heidelberg and the AI Appendicitis Score Are Superior to Current Scores in Predicting Appendicitis in Children: A Two-Center Cohort Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Imaging Acute Non-Traumatic Abdominal Pathologies in Pediatric Patients: A Pictorial Review.Journal of radiology case reports · 2019Review
- The Diagnostic Value of Irisin in Pediatric Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain.Emergency medicine international · 2018Article
- The Burden and Outcomes of Abdominal Pain among Children Presenting to an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A Descriptive Cohort Study.Emergency medicine international · 2018Article
- Omental torsion, a rare cause of acute abdomen.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Acute abdominal pain is a common complaint in pediatric emergency departments. A complete evaluation is the key factor approaching the disease and should include the patient's age, any trauma history, the onset and chronicity of the pain, the related symptoms and a detailed physical examination. The aim of this review article is to provide some information for physicians in pediatric emergency departments, with the age factors and several causes of non-traumatic acute abdominal pain. The leading causes of acute abdominal pain are divided into four age groups: infants younger than 2 years old, children 2 to 5, children 5 to 12, and children older than 12 years old. We review the information about acute appendicitis, intussusception, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, infection, Meckel's diverticulum and mesenteric adenitis. In conclusion, the etiologies of acute abdomen in children admitted to the emergency department vary depending on age. A complete history and detailed physical examination, as well as abdominal imaging examinations, could provide useful information for physicians in the emergency department to narrow the differential diagnosis of abdominal emergencies and give a timely treatment.
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