Acute Abdominal Pain in the Bariatric Surgery Patient.
| Autor: | Lewis KD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, 4th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: kyle.d.lewis@uth.tmc.edu., Takenaka KY; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, 4th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Luber SD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, 4th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Emergency medicine clinics of North America [Emerg Med Clin North Am] 2016 May; Vol. 34 (2), pp. 387-407. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 22. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.emc.2015.12.004 |
| Abstrakt: | Obesity is present in epidemic proportions in the United States, and bariatric surgery has become more common. Thus, emergency physicians will undoubtedly encounter many patients who have undergone one of these procedures. Knowledge of the anatomic changes specific to these procedures aids the clinician in understanding potential complications and devising an organized differential diagnosis. This article reviews common bariatric surgery procedures, their complications, and the approach to acute abdominal pain in these patients. (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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