TITLE:
Application of Etiology List in Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Pain#
AUTHORS:
Chang Lv, Xurui Li, Zhichao Ma, Cuiya Wang, Junna Zhang, Wei Sun, Zhantao Jiao, Jianguo Li
KEYWORDS:
Cbdominal Pain, Check List, Clinical Decision, Acute Renal Infarction (ARI)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Emergency Medicine,
Vol.9 No.2,
June
15,
2021
ABSTRACT: Objective: To use the etiology list of abdominal pain to help identify acute abdominal pain. Methods: to design a list of causes of acute abdominal pain as per the concept of system thinking, determine the five differential diagnosis directions of “local organ disease, adjacent organ disease, systemic disease, psychogenic disease, and female reproductive system disease”, and elaborate the application effect of the checklist in the diagnosis of acute abdominal pain by virtue of the analysis of one case of acute abdominal pain. Results: according to the list of causes of abdominal pain, the causes of acute abdominal pain were screened, and patients suffering from acute renal infarction (ARI) who presented with simple abdominal pain were diagnosed and treated timely. Conclusion: the etiology list is helpful to guide the diagnosis direction of acute abdominal pain, and make a rapid clinical diagnosis, so as to form a systematic thinking mode.