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''For standard adult patients see [[Abdominal pain]].'' | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Elderly patients | *Elderly patients | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 31 January 2024
For standard adult patients see Abdominal pain.
Background
- Elderly patients
- Surgical emergencies are more common in elderly than in any other patient population
- Viral gastroenteritis is uncommon
- Conservative admission strategy is strongly advocated
- Patients with immunosuppression often have delayed or atypical presentations
- Fever is not a reliable marker for surgical disease
Elderly
- 60% are surgical
- Acute onset associated with catastrophe
- Med list is important
- Abdominal exam generally unhelpful/difficult to localize pain
- Misc 25%
- Biliary disease - 21%
- Unknown - 20%
- Obstruction - 12%
- previous surgery adhesions, internal/external hernia, malignancy
- sigmoid/cecal volvulus - persistent pain, can be subacute, nausea and vomiting, may not have fever
- Perforated viscus - 7%
- Diverticular - 10%
- Appendicitis - 5%
- 60% perforation in OR, lacking rebound/guarding
- Renal colic - 4%