Severe Abdominal Pain

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In an emergency department, patients with acute abdominal pain are very common and evaluation is sometimes difficult. Various factors can obscure the presentation, stomach pain can have a variety of causes, some of which you can address by resting, avoiding heavy and spicy foods, taking medications, or using a heating pad. Clinicians must consider multiple diagnoses, especially those life-threatening conditions that require timely intervention to limit morbidity and mortality. This module will review general information about abdominal pains and discuss the clinical approach by reviewing a patient’s history and a physical examination. Assessment of patients by getting both subjective and objective history is very important for an emergency nurse.

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