ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2016
Epidemiology and outcomes of acute abdominal pain in a large urban Emergency Department: retrospective analysis of 5,340 cases.
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Improvement of Diagnostic Approach Using PoCUS for Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain Management in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study
PoCUS Impact on the Diagnostic Approach for Thoracic and Abdominal Pain in the ED
Risk Factors of Failure of Conservative Treatment in Acute Non Complicated Appendicitis
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142 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 287 citations in OpenAlex.
- Swedish national guidelines for diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in adults and children.BJS open · 2025Guideline
- Effectiveness of different appendiceal stump closure methods in laparoscopic appendectomy a network meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of Clinical Features and Outcomes of Appendectomy in Elderly vs. Non-Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2019Pooled it
- Comparing the effectiveness of point-of-care ultrasound and conventional triage in patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Trial
- Impact of emergency physician performed ultrasound in the evaluation of adult patients with acute abdominal pain: a prospective randomized bicentric trial.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Trial
- PoCUS-first versus CT-only for non-traumatic abdominal pain: a propensity score-weighted cohort study on ED resource utilization.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Diagnostic agreement between emergency medicine residents after dedicated appendix ultrasound training and radiologists in the ultrasonographic evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis.Emergency radiology · 2026Article
- Screening Ultrasonography in a Basic Emergency Service for Suspected Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Comparative study of preoperative with postoperative diagnosis in acute abdomen.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Urological Causes Mimicking Acute Abdomen: Diagnostic Challenges in General Surgical Emergency Practice.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Prevention of Recurrent Kidney Stones: A CARI Guidelines Summary.Kidney international reports · 2026Article
- Adaptation of emergency surgical care during successive COVID-19 waves: a single-center analysis of surgically treated acute appendicitis.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Overuse of abdominopelvic CT in pediatric emergencies: a large single-center study from a middle eastern tertiary hospital.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Time to Analgesia Provision for Abdominal Pain Presentations in the Emergency Department: The Effect of Biological Sex-A Retrospective Cohort Study.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2026Article
- Factors associated with hospitalization or surgery for abdominal pain: a retrospective study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- [Management of acute abdomen in clinical acute and emergency medicine : Focus on gastrointestinal diseases].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Review
- Pro-adrenomedullin: a novel diagnostic biomarker of acute appendicitis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcute abdominal pain (AAP) accounts for 7-10% of all Emergency Department (ED) visits. Nevertheless, the epidemiology of AAP in the ED is scarcely known. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology and the outcomes of AAP in an adult population admitted to an urban ED.
methodsWe made a retrospective analysis of all records of ED visits for AAP during the year 2014. All the patients with repeated ED admissions for AAP within 5 and 30 days were scrutinized. Five thousand three hundred and forty cases of AAP were analyzed.
resultsThe mean age was 49 years. The most frequent causes were nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) (31.46%), and renal colic (31.18%). Biliary colic/cholecystitis, and diverticulitis were more prevalent in patients aged >65 years (13.17%
conclusionsOur study showed that AAP represented 5.76% of total ED visits. Two conditions (i.e., NSAP and renal colic) represented >60% of all causes. A large use of active clinical observations during ED stay (52% of our patients) lead to a negligible percentage of changing diagnosis at the second visit.
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