Clinical Decision Rules in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Gastrointestinal Emergencies

Gastro-intestinal emergency surgery: Evaluation of morbidity and mortality. Protocol of a prospective, multicenter study in Italy for evaluating the burden of abdominal emergency surgery in different age groups. (The GESEMM study)

“…Gastrointestinal emergencies (GE) are frequently encountered in emergency department (ED), and patients can present with wide-ranging symptoms (1)(2)(3)(4). Symptoms that suggest an underlying GE can include: abdominal pain; nausea; vomiting; diarrhea; melaena; hematemesis; constipation; jaundice; and abdominal distension.…”