Open AccessSubtle mimicry in action
Author(s) -
Lau James Siu Ki,
Au Tak Shun Thomas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/1024907920953248
Subject(s) - medicine , action (physics) , grasp , simple (philosophy) , ideal (ethics) , medical physics , surgery , general surgery , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Acute abdomen may often prompt surgeons to send patients to the operating theatre directly, especially in unstable conditions. Nevertheless, if clinically allows, it would be ideal if surgeons can have a better grasp of the root cause before operating. This case illustrates the integration of meticulous history taking and analysis of simple imaging could have led to a different clinical approach.