EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN

Abstract

Background: Acute abdominal pain is a public problem in the outpatient setting and can represent conditions ranging from benign to life-threatening. The patient history, physical examination, laboratory testing, and diagnostic imaging are the major evaluation methods for acute abdominal pain. There was not sufficient good-quality data for the management of acute abdominal pain, where it relies on the knowledge and expertise of the doctors. A web-based search utilizing the advanced characteristics of different databases like PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane electronic databases was carried out. Here we aimed to review the major evaluation methods for acute abdominal pain and its management protocols.

Keywords: Acute, Abdominal, Pain, Evaluation, Management, Review