Emergency Medicine Reports – October 31, 2004
October 31, 2004
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Acute Abdominal Pain in Special Populations, Part II: Elderly, Immunocompromised, and Pregnant Patients
The first part of this series discussed abdominal pain in pediatric patients. This second and final part will cover abdominal pain in elderly, immunocompromised, and pregnant patients. Those 65 years of age and older constitute the fastest-growing segment of the population, and currently comprise about 12% of the U.S. population. This means that abdominal pain in the elderly will be a commonplace occurrence in EDs.