Emergency & Acute Care Medicine

Abdominal Emergencies

Abdominal pain is one of the most typical reasons for visit to the emergency room. Most abdominal pain can be categorized into three types – tension, inflammatory, or ischemic. Acute Life-Threatening Abdominal Emergencies Acute appendicitis is the commonest cause. An exact diagnosis is essential for the correct treatment, which in many cases will prevent the death of the patient

The abdominal presentation worst-case scenarios include cholelithiasis or cholecystitis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer disease, small bowel obstruction, large bowel obstruction, incarcerated hernia, abdominal aortic aneurysm, appendicitis, diverticulitis, and testicular torsion. Some red flag finding include shoulder tip pain accompanied by abdominal pain and acute colicky pain.

• Bowel obstruction
• perforation of hollow viscus and ischemi
•  Acute abdominal surgery
• Wound infection, intra-abdominal infection