ArticleBMC emergency medicine2024
Factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients visiting the emergency department.
Article in BMC emergency medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of non-traumatic acute abdomen in elderly patients.World journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Diagnostic Value of Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Older Adults with Abdominal Pain: A Retrospective Analysis of CT Predictors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Setting.Cureus · 2025Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAbdominal pain occurs in 20% of geriatric patients who visit the emergency department (ED). Geriatric patients usually have more severe conditions and a higher mortality rate. We aimed to determine the factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients who visit the ED with abdominal pain.
methodsThis retrospective cohort study was conducted from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021. The inclusion criteria were patients aged ≥ 65 years and presented at the ED with acute abdominal pain. Significantly associated factors for serious abdominal conditions were examined using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.
resultsA total of 1221 patients were included in this study. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the significant factors associated with serious abdominal conditions were male (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.29, 95% CI:1.3-4.04; p = 0.004), anorexia (AOR 2.16, 95% CI:1.08-4.32; p = 0.03), NEWS 5-6 (AOR 2.96, 95% CI:1.35-6.49; p = 0.007), SBP 100-125 mmHg (AOR 1.5, 95% CI:0.75-2.99; p ≤ 0.001), guarding (AOR 6.92, 95% CI:3.39-14.12; p ≤ 0.001), WBC ≥ 14,000 cells/mm
conclusionsThe statistically significant factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients were male, anorexia, NEWS 5-6, SBP 100-125 mmHg, guarding, WBC ≥ 14,000 cells/mm
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.