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Picture quiz: Abdominal pain in an intensive care patient
Author(s) -
Howard James,
Ahmed Hana,
Guarino Salvatore,
Bhan Chetan,
Wijeyekoon Sanjaya P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
surgical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1744-1633
pISSN - 1744-1625
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2012.00600.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , computed tomography , intensive care , disease , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , radiology , surgery
A picture quiz and case report on an intensive care ( ICU ) patient with abdominal pain is reported in the present study. A computed tomography scan shows the typical signs of a poorly‐understood disease, with a mortality rate of over 70 per cent. We outline the pathophysiology of this condition and recent advances in its diagnosis and treatment.