ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Pain Center

May 28th, 2022 - The Every Woman StudyTM: Canadian Edition is the most comprehensive study to date exploring patient-reported experiences of ovarian cancer (OC) on a national scale. An online survey conducted in Fall 2020 included individuals diagnosed with OC in ...

May 27th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by increased proliferation of the granulocytic cell line without the loss of their capacity to different...

May 27th, 2022 - History The clinical manifestations of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are insidious. The disease is often discovered incidentally in the chronic phase, when an elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is revealed by a routine blood count or when ...

May 27th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by increased proliferation of the granulocytic cell line without the loss of their capacity to different...

May 27th, 2022 - The bacterial genus Aggregatibacter was categorized in 2006 to accommodate the former Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, and H. segnis species. Aggregatibacter kilianii is a normal resident of the human upper respirator...

Nov 11th, 2020 - Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) results from the inability to achieve adequate postprandial intestinal blood flow, usually from atherosclerotic occlusive disease at the origins of the mesenteric vessels. Patients typically present with postprand...

Jul 18th, 2020 - Thanks to ready access to hydrogen breath testing, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is now commonly diagnosed among individuals presenting with a variety of gastrointestinal and even non-gastrointestinal complaints and is increasingly implica...

May 7th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

May 6th, 2019 - Although right upper quadrant pain is a very common clinical presentation, it can be nonspecific. However, acute cholecystitis is very often the diagnosis of exclusion. This review focuses on the recommended imaging evaluation in the most commonly...

Nov 6th, 2018 - The range of pathology in adults that can produce abdominal pain is broad and necessitates an imaging approach to evaluate many different organ systems. Although localizing pain prompts directed imaging/management, clinical presentations may vary ...

May 26th, 2022 - The basis of the physiopathological mechanism of constipation due to opioid use is the reducing effect on intestinal motility. There are opioid receptors called "mu" in the enteric nervous system. In patients using opioids, opioid agonists bind to...

May 25th, 2022 - Background: Chronic Abdominal Pain (CAP) is the sixth most common cause of hospital admission from any cause in women and the tenth most common cause in men. In the UK, it has been estimated that chronic abdominal pain costs the economy in excess ...

May 18th, 2022 - Background - Mental health and pain problems in early childhood are major risk factors for serious mental health problems into adulthood. These long-term effects point toward the essential need for prevention and early intervention to curbing the ...

May 12th, 2022 - Severe lower back pain radiating anteriorly in a belt-like distribution is characteristic of pancreatic cancer. The pain is thought related to involvement of the celiac nerve plexus, located behind the pancreas; due to either macroscopic compressi...

May 12th, 2022 - Gastric cancer is associated with chronic blood loss, poor nutrition, and surgical interventions interfering with iron absorption, all of which synergistically increase the risk of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). A retrospective review of gastric ca...

May 24th, 2022 - SAN DIEGO – An intestinal adsorbent, polymethylsiloxane polyhydrate (PMSPH), may relieve the diarrhea associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), researchers say. The adsorbent reduced abdominal pain, improved stool consistency, and won praise...

May 11th, 2022 - Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (AMNs) are rare tumors of the appendix that can be asymptomatic or present with acute right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain mimicking appendicitis. Due to their potential to cause either no symptoms or nonspecific symptoms.

May 3rd, 2022 - This article was originally published in German on Medscape. Functional abdominal pain in childhood and adolescence is extremely stressful for patients and a therapeutic challenge for the physicians treating them. A meta-analysis of 33 randomized-...

Apr 29th, 2022 - This article was originally published in French on Medscape. Europe — After several cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children in the United Kingdom were reported, further cases have now been reported in France (two cases), Denmark, Ir...

Apr 21st, 2022 - The Skill Checkup series provides a quick, case-style interactive quiz, highlighting key guideline- and evidence-based information to inform clinical practice. A 63-year-old patient presents with increasing abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and as...