Purcell T B
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1989 Aug;7(3):721-40.
Most patients presenting to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain suffer from disorders requiring other than surgical intervention. Unnecessary morbidity may be avoided through understanding the anatomic and physiologic variables involved in producing abdominal pain. Table 1 lists conditions that may simulate an acute surgical abdomen. Selected disorders were discussed.
大多数因急性腹痛到急诊科就诊的患者所患疾病不需要手术干预。通过了解引起腹痛的解剖学和生理学变量，可以避免不必要的发病率。表1列出了可能模拟急性外科急腹症的情况。对选定的疾病进行了讨论。
