Relationships between sites of abdominal pain and the organs involved: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent chief complaints in primary care settings. The aim of the present study was to determine the positive likelihood ratios (PLRs) and negative likelihood ratios (NLRs) of the relationships between the sites of abdominal pain and the organs involved.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

A single tertiary centre, a university hospital in Japan.

Participants

A total of 2591 new outpatients visited the Department of General Medicine at a university hospital from April 2017 to March 2018. Of these, 326 patients aged ≥20 years with abdominal pain were enrolled.

Results

Sites of abdominal pain were classified into 11 categories including nine different abdominal sections, 'generalised abdomen' and 's

SUBMITTER: Yamashita S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311042 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature