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Acute Abdominal Pain for the General Physician – who, when and how to refer to the on-call surgeon

Author(s) -

JS Knight,

Michael Lamparelli

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

acute medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1747-4892

pISSN - 1747-4884

DOI - 10.52964/amja.0095

Subject(s) - medicine , referral , acute abdominal pain , surgical team , abdominal pain , selection (genetic algorithm) , general surgery , physical therapy , family medicine , surgery , artificial intelligence , computer science

Patients with abdominal pain are most frequently referred to the on-call surgical team, but there are occasions when physicians may be required to assess, investigate or treat such patients. This article aims to equip non-surgeons with the skills to undertake an appropriate initial assessment and consider the most appropriate selection, timing and mode of referral to the surgical team.

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