Leuthauser Amy, McVane Benjamin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga Hospital, Cameron Road, Private bag 12024, Tauranga 3142, New Zealand.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 gustav levy place, New York, NY 10028, USA.
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2016 May;34(2):363-75. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2015.12.009. Epub 2016 Mar 23.
Abdominal pain in the elderly can be a challenging and difficult condition to diagnose and treat. The geriatric population has significant comorbidities and often takes polypharmacy that can mask symptoms. The presentation of common conditions can be different than that in the younger population, often lacking the traditional indicators of disease, making it of pivotal importance for the clinician to consider a wide differential during their workup. It is also important to consider extra-abdominal abnormality that may manifest as abdominal pain.
老年人的腹痛可能是一种具有挑战性且难以诊断和治疗的病症。老年人群存在显著的合并症，且常常服用多种药物，这可能会掩盖症状。常见病症的表现可能与年轻人群不同，常常缺乏疾病的传统指标，这使得临床医生在检查过程中考虑广泛的鉴别诊断至关重要。考虑可能表现为腹痛的腹部外异常情况也很重要。
