Acute abdomen in children


Ozcan R., Emre S.

TURK PEDIATRI ARSIVI-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.45, ss.62-67, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tpa.45.62
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PEDIATRI ARSIVI-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.62-67
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

Acute abdomen is a clinical condition formed by diseases causing acute peritoneal irritation. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may result in rapid progression of disease and may give rise to severe systemic problems. The fundamental aim for physician is to find out the possible cause while coping with the child admitted with abdominal pain. Matter of importance is whether the cause of the abdominal pain requires surgical intervention or can be cured by a prompt medical treatment. Roughly speaking, five percent of all abdominal pain problems may be related with a severe surgical problem. First physician is very important in surgical abdomen as far as early diagnosis and prevention of complications are concerned. For the cases which the diagnosis is not that easy, observation and surgical consultation should be the policy of choice. (Turk Arch Ped 2010; 45 Suppl: 62-7)