What clinical and laboratory parameters determine significant intra abdominal pathology for patients assessed in hospital with acute abdominal pain?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Abdominal pain is a common cause for emergency admission. While some patients have serious abdominal pathology, a significant group of those patients have no specific cause for the pain. This study was conducted to identify those who...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smithers Troy, Abbas Saleh M, Truter Etienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Online Access:http://www.wjes.org/content/2/1/26