Preliminary management of acute onset right sided abdominal pain in women

• Published in: BMJ (Online) Vol. 376; p. e068020
• Main Authors: Borthwick, Molly, Bannaga, Ayman, Ashmore, Ayisha A, Johnson, Charles H N, Arasaradnam, Ramesh P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 08.02.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Pain - etiology; Abscesses; Appendicitis; Appendicitis - complications; Appendicitis - diagnosis; Contamination; Diagnosis, Differential; Diarrhea; Ectopic pregnancy; Emergency medical care; Enteritis; Female; Gynecology; High temperature; Humans; Inflammatory diseases; Intrauterine devices; Irritation; IUD; Laparoscopy; Menstruation; Ovaries; Pain; Pathology; Patients; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Peritonitis; Peritonitis - complications; Peritonitis - diagnosis; Physiology; Practice; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Pregnancy, Ectopic - diagnosis; Primary care; Pyelonephritis; Risk factors; Sepsis; Surgery; Vagina; Womens health; Young Adult

Consider the symptomatic triad: chronic mucoid watery diarrhoea without blood, weight loss, and intermittent colicky abdominal pain, often related to eating A 23 year old woman presents to the emergency department with a 24 hour history of abdominal pain that is worse in her right lower quadrant. Ev...