A 17-Year-Old Male With Abdominal Pain in Primary Care
Autor: | Teresa Whited, Albrey Berber |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Benign condition Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Referral Crohn disease business.industry General surgery Primary care 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom Abscess business |
Zdroj: | The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 15:e201-e204 |
ISSN: | 1555-4155 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nurpra.2019.04.012 |
Popis: | This case study presents an adolescent male whose complaint of abdominal pain in the primary care office resulted in immediate referral to a children's hospital for specialized care. Abdominal pain is frequently a benign condition that presents in primary care. However, clinicians must be astute to the potential surgical or emergent causes of abdominal pain. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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