Britt H, Bridges-Webb C, Sayer G P, Neary S, Traynor V, Charles J
Department of General Practice, University of Sydney.
Aust Fam Physician. 1994 Mar;23(3):375-7, 380-1.
When the patient presents with the words, "I've got a pain in the gut", what are the most common diagnoses and how often does the problem remain undiagnosed? This paper describes what usually happens at encounters initiated by patient presentation of abdominal pain and is based on the results of the Australian Morbidity and Treatment Survey 1990-1991.