A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults
Abdominal pain is a common presenting problem with multiple aetiologies that often pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for primary care practitioners. The vague symptomatology and difficult correlation to specific organ pathology obscures clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnoses. Althou...
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| author | Indiran Govender Selvandran Rangiah Tombo Bongongo Philemon Mahuma |
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| description | Abdominal pain is a common presenting problem with multiple aetiologies that often pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for primary care practitioners. The vague symptomatology and difficult correlation to specific organ pathology obscures clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnoses. Although most presentations of abdominal pain are benign, a significant number of patients have life-threatening conditions that require a meticulous approach to management in order to prevent morbidity and mortality.
The skill in assessing patients presenting with abdominal pain is fundamental for all primary care doctors. This review will discuss an approach to the assessment and diagnosis of abdominal pain in the primary care setting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8d59c0f4cd3945b4840cacbcde5af0652025-08-20T03:47:09ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042021-03-01631e1e510.4102/safp.v63i1.52804123A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adultsIndiran Govender0Selvandran Rangiah1Tombo Bongongo2Philemon Mahuma3Department of Family Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, PretoriaDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, DurbanDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-RankuwaDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, PretoriaAbdominal pain is a common presenting problem with multiple aetiologies that often pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for primary care practitioners. The vague symptomatology and difficult correlation to specific organ pathology obscures clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnoses. Although most presentations of abdominal pain are benign, a significant number of patients have life-threatening conditions that require a meticulous approach to management in order to prevent morbidity and mortality. The skill in assessing patients presenting with abdominal pain is fundamental for all primary care doctors. This review will discuss an approach to the assessment and diagnosis of abdominal pain in the primary care setting.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5280abdominal painprimary care doctorhistory examinationabdominal wall pain |
| spellingShingle | Indiran Govender Selvandran Rangiah Tombo Bongongo Philemon Mahuma A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults South African Family Practice abdominal pain primary care doctor history examination abdominal wall pain |
| title | A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults |
| title_full | A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults |
| title_short | A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults |
| title_sort | primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults |
| topic | abdominal pain primary care doctor history examination abdominal wall pain |
| url | https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5280 |
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