Non-surgical Causes of Abdominal Pain

What are the non surgical causes of acute abdomen?

Non-surgical Causes of Abdominal Pain

  • Acute myocardial infarction (MI) Consider based on history.
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
  • Hypercalcaemia.
  • Pneumonia.
  • Inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Urinary tract infection (UTI)

What are the five causes of acute abdomen?

Some of the most common causes of abdominal pain are appendicitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, diverticulitis, and small bowel obstruction.

What are the surgical causes of acute abdomen?

Surgical causes of abdominal pain to consider in pregnancy include appendicitis, cholecystitis, bowel obstruction, ureteric obstruction, pancreatitis and aneurysm rupture, most commonly involving the splenic artery.

What are the five complications of acute abdomen?

Common pathologies include appendicitis, bowel obstruction, perforation of hollow viscus and ischemia. The most common complications after acute abdominal surgery are wound infection, intra-abdominal infection, and the association of both.

Does Mi cause acute abdomen?

The occurrence of an acute abdomen caused by an Amyand’s hernia with a myocardial ischemic pathology is notoriously uncommon in the surgical setting. However, it is vitally important that the surgeon is knowledgeable regarding these two entities taking into account their high mortality outcomes.

What is acute abdomen Medscape?

As defined in the 27th edition of Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, acute abdomen is “any serious acute intra-abdominal condition attended by pain, tenderness, and muscular rigidity, and for which emergency surgery must be considered.”

What is non acute abdomen?

The generally accepted definition of this condition is three or more bouts of pain severe enough to affect activities (usually school attendance) over a period of not less than three months.

What is abdominal surgery?

Abdominal surgery refers to the surgical procedures done in a person’s abdominal region to diagnose or treat a medical condition. Abdominal surgery can relieve the symptoms of various abdominal conditions like injury, trauma, or pain caused by a ruptured appendix or to control internal bleeding.

What is surgical abdomen?

What causes rebound tenderness?

Rebound tenderness occurs when the tissue that lines the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum) is irritated, inflamed, or infected. This is called peritonitis.

What is the treatment of acute abdomen?

Stabilization includes administering IV fluids, analgesics, and, when appropriate, antibiotics. Once a patient has been stabilized and a diagnosis made, appropriate definitive therapy can be initiated. Definitive treatment can be medical or surgical, depending on the primary cause of acute abdomen.

What are the types of acute abdomen?

The differential diagnosis of acute abdomen includes:

  • Acute appendicitis.
  • Acute peptic ulcer and its complications.
  • Acute cholecystitis.
  • Acute pancreatitis.
  • Acute intestinal ischemia (see section below)
  • Acute diverticulitis.
  • Ectopic pregnancy with tubal rupture.
  • Ovarian torsion.