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  1. 14-02-2024 | Acute Abdomen | Online First

    A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in Children: Segmental Absence of the Intestinal Musculature, a Case Report and Literature Review

    Segmental absence of the intestinal musculature (SAIM) is a rare clinicopathological entity in childhood. The etiology of SAIM has not been fully elucidated. Cases of SAIM are mostly documented in neonate and adult population. A 10-year-old girl …

  2. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Key Symptom | OriginalPaper

    Improving clinical suspicion of acute mesenteric ischemia among patients with acute abdomen: a cross-sectional study from an intestinal stroke center

    Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a life-threatening cause of acute abdominal pain [ 1 ]. AMI accounts for approximately 1% of acute abdominal pain and its incidence was shown to be 8.6/100,000 person-years in a large population-based study [ 2 …

  3. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    Acute abdomen with gastric volvulus revealing an underlying pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: a case report

    Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a condition where gas is accumulated inside or between the intestinal wall layers (Subserosa, Submucosa) [ 1 ]. PI can be classified as primary (15%) or secondary (85%). PI occurs in approximately 3% of population …

  4. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Acute Abdomen | ReviewPaper

    Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines

    Obesity is associated with a higher incidence of multiple life-threatening illnesses including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. It is associated with an increased risk of mortality. The World Health Organization reported that in …

  5. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Shingles | OriginalPaper

    Visceral disseminated varicella zoster infection: a rare cause of acute abdomen in a patient with well-controlled diabetes mellitus—a case report

    Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections have a severe clinical course in immunocompromised patients. Specifically, patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation have the highest risk of developing disseminated infection [ 1 ]. Abdominal pain …

  6. 16-12-2022 | Acute Abdomen | BriefCommunication

    Acute Abdomen Caused by an Impending Rupture of Cystic-Solid Liver Mass

    The undifferentiated embryonic sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is an extremely rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with aggressive behavior and poor prognosis, accounting for 0.03% of all resected liver specimens in China. Since UESL has no specific …

  7. 05-05-2022 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    Management of acute abdomen during the active disease course of COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been impacting the whole world since the corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic began. SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly in our country as it did in other countries [ 1 ]. According to …

  8. 27-01-2022 | Mitral Valve Replacement | BriefCommunication

    Acute Abdomen in Atrial Fibrillation Due to Thromboembolism of the Kidney and Spleen

    Acute abdomen triggered by viscus arterial occlusion is a severe condition, often presenting remarkable abdominal pain but with mild abdominal signs on physical examination. Herein, we describe a 59-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and type 2 …

  9. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    Colo-pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced colon carcinoma—feasibility in patients presenting with acute abdomen

    The prevalence of colorectal carcinoma is increasing worldwide [ 1 ]. In Taiwan, this cancer has ranked highest among new malignant cases, especially over the last two decades [ 2 ]. The only promising cure at early stages is radical colectomy …

  10. Open Access 20-04-2023 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | ReviewPaper

    Rapid MRI Abdomen for Assessment of Clinically Suspected Acute Appendicitis in the General Adult Population: a Systematic Review

    General surgeons encounter clinically suspected appendicitis most commonly in adults, 1 with an estimated 87% of appendicitis cases occurring in individuals aged over 15. 2 Surgeons reviewing patients suspected of acute appendicitis often utilise …

  11. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    Acute surgical‐like abdomen as a gastrointestinal manifestation of COVID-19 infection: a case report in Colombia

    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has exponentially increased to more than 121,209,510 confirmed cases worldwide, including 2,680,469 deaths reported to the WHO [ 1 , 2 ]. Increasing the need to acquire knowledge through research and demanding a rapid …

  12. Open Access 01-12-2019 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency department: a case series

    The use of bedside ultrasound by physicians has become increasingly popular in the last two decades, even more so in critically ill patients. In emergency medicine, point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is being used as a diagnostic modality, given its …

  13. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    Factors associated with delayed reporting for surgical care among patients with surgical acute abdomen attended at Muhimbili National Hospital: Tanzania

    About 1% of hospital admissions are in cases of surgery for patients with a surgical acute abdomen, accounting for 5–10% of all visits to emergency departments [ 1 , 2 ]. The majority of patients who suffer from severe abdominal pain are in …

  14. 01-08-2020 | Acute Abdomen | ReviewPaper

    Imaging of acute abdomen in cancer patients

    The pattern of disease causing acute abdominal pain has changed over last few decades, some of this has been attributed to intraabdominal cancers. The most common acute abdominal complaints in cancer patients are related to the gastrointestinal …

  15. 01-12-2020 | Acute Abdomen | Case Study

    Extra-adrenal, non-functional adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with acute abdomen: a case report

    Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with an annual incidence of 1–2 in one million [ 1 , 2 ]. Various hormone oversecretions can be detected in 40–60% of ACCs, leading to a wide range of clinical presentations [ 1 ].

  16. 01-12-2020 | Laparotomy

    Haemorrhagic retroperitoneal paraganglioma initially manifesting as acute abdomen: a rare case report and literature review

    Paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumours originating from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells. PGLs are located along the autonomic nervous system, especially in the retroperitoneum around the organ of Zuckerkandl. Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) …

  17. Open Access 01-12-2020 | Acupuncture | OriginalPaper

    Efficacy of electroacupuncture on acute abdomen emergency care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Acute abdominal pain is one of the common symptoms in the emergency department (ED). In the USA, about 5 million patients have suffered from abdominal pain and visited the ED. These accounted for around 5–10% of all emergency patients [ 1 , 2 ]. In …

  18. 01-02-2021 | Appendicitis | OriginalPaper

    Ultra-low dose CT abdomen and pelvis for the detection of acute abdominal pathology in the emergency room: initial experience from an academic hospital

    Abdominal radiographs are often part of the initial assessment of patients with non-traumatic acute abdominal pain in the emergency room. The limited diagnostic value of abdominal radiographs is well documented and often CT is obtained to aid in …

  19. 01-10-2020 | Small Bowel Resection | OriginalPaper

    The Acute Abdomen in Pregnant Women After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Encouraging Results from a National Referral Centre

    As bariatric surgery (BS) is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity in the short and long term, an increasing number of women of childbearing age receive BS [ 1 , 2 ]. A side effect of this trend is the growing number of pregnant women …

  20. Open Access 01-12-2020 | Acute Abdomen | OriginalPaper

    The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon’s point of view

    The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. There are 340 million children and adolescents (age 5–19) who are overweight or obese. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion …

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