CONCLUSIONS: Non-specific abdominal pain in elderly patients should not be regarded as harmless but may have medical rather than surgical implications.

Ultimately the most important thing you can do is simply recognize the significance of an elderly patient who calls 911 for abdominal pain. These patients are often sicker than they appear.

A longitudinal study found that 50% of elderly patients (65 or over) with abdominal pain required admission. 1 Because of the difficulty of assessment in these groups of patients you should have a ...

Acute abdominal pain can be categorized ... right lower quadrant pain, and leukocytosis are seen in <30% of older patients. So, nearly half of patients are afebrile, half demonstrate no rebound ...

This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of abdominal massage in elderly patients with CC to provide a basis for future mechanistic research. Methods and ...

Of these, 326 patients aged ≥20 years with abdominal pain were enrolled. Results Sites of abdominal pain were classified into 11 categories including nine different abdominal sections, ‘generalised ...

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out for all patients admitted with SLE from 1993 to March 2001. The SLEDAI and laboratory data were collected at the time of diagnosis of SLE and at the time ...

Danese et al performed a systemic literature review of 201 patients and identified eight features highly suggestive of IBD. These items include chronic abdominal pain, no postprandial abdominal pain, ...

Methods The aim of the study was to assess abdominal pain as an indication for colonoscopy. A single centre, retrospective analysis of patients undergoing colonoscopy for abdominal pain in a North ...