Causes and Management of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children: A Review Article

Abstract

Acute abdominal pain is one of the commonest prevalent grievances in children, and it frequently requires emergency room diagnosis and management. Abdominal pain in children differs with age, concomitant symptoms, and pain site. While most cases of acute abdominal embarrassment are self-limiting and benevolent, there are certain diseases that can be life-threatening and necessitate instant care, such as appendicitis, intussusception, or intestinal obstruction. To decide the cause of acute abdominal pain and recognize children with surgical conditions, scrupulous history taking and numerous physical checkups are mandatory.The most important and realistic first goal in the evaluation of acute AP is to distinguish between surgical and nonsurgical situations, which are further divided into urgent and non-urgent categories. A thorough history and physical examination, laboratory investigations to evaluate comorbidity, and imaging scans are usually used for these purposes. Management decisions should necessitate teamwork between the emergency room physician, a surgeon, and a radiologist. Consecutivereassessment and symptomatic treatment with hardworking follow-up are necessary for management as soon aspossible in urgent disorder.

The Epidemiology of Various Intestinal Obstruction Causes in Children and Teenagers: A Multi-Center Study

“…It was discovered that gender was related to adhesions, intussusception, and blocked hernia. 18 According to earlier research, worms account for 64% of intestinal blockage instances, while adhesions account for 10% 17 .The patient's demographics and the reasons for intestinal obstruction were recorded in this investigation. Because this research was carried out at a Multi center study, observer and selection bias may be present 18 .…”

Frequency of Various Etiological Causes of Intestinal Obstruction in Children

“…18 Previous studies have reported worms as a most common cause of intestinal obstruction in 63.2% and adhesions in 11% cases. 19,20 In this study causes of intestinal obstruction and demographics of the patients were reported. Observer and selection biasing may be found in this study because it was conducted in a single center.…”