Abdominal Pain

1. Identify the most immediate historical, physical and laboratory data to be gathered in the office from a patient presenting with acute abdominal pain.

2. Explain how the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain is affected by age, gender, lifestyle and psycho social stress.

3. Describe the medical management and patient education employed in treating the following etiologies of abdominal pain:

A. Dysmenorrhea
B. Irritable bowel syndrome
C. Acid peptic disease
D. Pancreatitis
E. Cholelithiasis
F. School phobia/functional abdominal pain
G. Abdominal aneurysm
H. Pelvic etiologies
I. Urinary tract infection
J. Constipation obstipation
K. Diverticulitis
L. Cancer
M. Kidney stones
N. Ectopic pregnancy
O. Inflammatory bowel disease
P. Intestinal obstruction
Q. Crohn's
R. Appendicitis

Sources:

Family Medicine:  Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Chapter 1, Pages 1-9

Essentials of Family Medicine, Chapter 22, Pages 325-340

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