Abstract
With an aging population, emergency department clinicians can expect an increase in geriatric patients presenting with abdominal pain. Compared with younger patients, this patient population is less likely to present with classic symptoms, physical examination findings, and laboratory values of abdominal disease. However, the morbidity and mortality associated with elderly patients presenting with abdominal pathologic conditions are significant. For this reason, the clinician must be familiar with some subtle and not so subtle differences when caring for the geriatric patient with abdominal pain to ensure timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 559-574 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Abdominal pain
- Elderly
- Emergency
- Geriatrics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine