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Abdominal emergencies in the geriatric patient

Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent reasons that elderly people visit the emergency department (ED). In this article, we review the deadliest causes of abdominal pain in this population, including mesenteric ischemia, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and appendicitis and potentially lethal non-abdo...

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Autores principales: Spangler, Ryan, Van Pham, Thuy, Khoujah, Danya, Martinez, Joseph P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0043-2