Study on Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen
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Acute Abdomen, Clinical Features, DiagnosisAbstract
Background: Acute abdominal pain in the cause of large numbers of Hospital admissions. Patients of any age group may be affected. It constitutes major portion of emergency surgical admissions. Urgent resuscitation and evaluation are required in these patients to come to a diagnosis so that immediate treatment can be started. Materials and Methods:In this study 1000 patients were studied. Their age, sex, symptoms, signs, laboratory findings and radiological features were taken into consideration. All these data were recorded and analysed.
Results: Patients of any age group and either sex, male or female were having acute abdomen. Out of the various causes of acute abdomen peptic perforation was the most common cause of acute abdomen and ureteric colic was the least common cause. Sudden severe abdominal pain was the main presenting feature in all the cases. Conclusion:Abdominal pain in the common symptom for a group conditions having acute abdomen. Urgent and proper diagnosis should be made to decrease morbidity and mortality of the patients.
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Copyright (c) 2021 Sucheta Panigrahi, Sumitra Bhoi, Manoj Kumar Yadav
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