Acute abdominal pain in the emergency department of a university hospital in Italy.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Acute abdominal pain (AAP) is one of the most common causes of referral to an emergency department (ED), but information about its impact is limited. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this article are to define the prevalence of AAP among ED visits in a large university hospital and analyze its main clinical features. METHODS:All patients admitted at the Sant'Orsola, Malpighi University Hospital of Bologna ED on 12 a priori selected sample days in 2013 were included. General data were recorded for each patient. A total of 192 clinical variables were recorded for each patient with abdominal pain. RESULTS:During the observation period the ED assisted 2623 patients with a daily admission rate of 219 ± 20 (mean ± SD). Of these, 239 patients complained of AAP as their chief complaint at entry (prevalence = 9.1%). AAP prevalence was significantly higher in females than in males (10.4% vs. 7.8%; OR = 1.37; p = 0.021) as well as in foreign over Italian patients (13.2% vs. 8.5%; OR = 1.64; p = 0.007). The most frequent ED operative diagnoses were non-specific abdominal pain (n = 86, 36.0%) and gastrointestinal (GI) tract-related pain (n = 79, 33.1%; n = 19 upper GI, n = 60 lower GI). CONCLUSIONS:AAP is a common cause of referral at EDs. Despite technological advances, non-specific abdominal pain is still the main operative diagnosis.

authors

Caporale N,Morselli-Labate AM,Nardi E,Cogliandro R,Cavazza M,Stanghellini V

doi

10.1177/2050640615606012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-04-01 00:00:00

pages

297-304

issue

2

eissn

2050-6406

issn

2050-6414

pii

10.1177_2050640615606012

journal_volume

4

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