Tag: Abdominal

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Test Your Knowledge: Acute Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients

August 3, 2020
EB Medicine

Appendicitis is the most common condition in children requiring emergency abdominal surgery. Delayed or missed diagnosis…

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What’s Your Diagnosis? 11-year-old boy with acute abdominal pain

August 29, 2019
EB Medicine
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But before we begin, check out if you got last month’s case right, about the 8-year-old…

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Test Your Knowledge Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

August 22, 2019
EB Medicine

As bariatric procedures have become more common, more of these patients present to the emergency department…

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Test Your Knowledge on Assessing Abdominal Pain

July 17, 2019
EB Medicine
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Patients with abdominal pain are common in the ED, but you need a strategy for quickly…

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From the author of the very first issue of Emergency Medicine Practice

June 24, 2019
EB Medicine

Stephen Colucciello, MD, FACEP Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus,…

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68-year-old woman presents with severe abdominal pain

May 31, 2019
EB Medicine

Case Recap: As you begin your shift, a 68-year-old woman presents with severe abdominal pain. She…

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Trauma Awareness Month Is Almost Here – Test Your Knowledge with Genitourinary Trauma Question

April 18, 2019
EB Medicine

A patient suffering blunt abdominal trauma complains of suprapubic pain and has gross hematuria. Initial CT…