ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Pain Center

Mar 22nd, 2023 - We report a case of hemoperitoneum after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. A 60-year-old female was hospitalized for the treatment of thrombasthenia and cirrhosis caused by chronic Hepatitis C, and co...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Primary pancreatic signet ring cell carcinoma (PPSRCC) is a rare and aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. Here, we report a case of PPSRCC treated with curative surgery. A 49-year-old man presented with right mid-abdominal pain. Imaging tests sho...

Mar 21st, 2023 - We aim to explore undertriage and overtriage in a high-risk patient population and explore patient characteristics and call characteristics associated with undertriage and overtriage in both randomly selected and in high-risk telephone calls to ou...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Abdominal pain is common in patients with gastrointestinal disorders, but its pathophysiology is unclear, in part due to poor understanding of basic mechanisms underlying visceral sensitivity. Accumulating evidence suggests that gut microbiota is ...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Hepatic arterioportal fistula (HAPF) is an uncommon complication of hepatic trauma, which can manifest with abdominal pain and the sequelae of portal hypertension months to years after injury. The purpose of this study is to present cases of HAPF ...

Jan 16th, 2023 - The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHP) are rare, inborn errors of heme-metabolism and include acute intermittent porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, variegate porphyria, and porphyria due to severe deficiency of 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase. Ac...

Nov 28th, 2022 - This document focuses on imaging in the adult and pregnant populations with right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain, including patients with fever and leukocytosis. Appendicitis remains the most common surgical pathology responsible for RLQ abdo...

Sep 28th, 2022 - Patients presenting with acute abdominal pain that occurs after months or years following bariatric surgery may present for assessment and management in the local emergency units. Due to the large variety of surgical bariatric techniques, emergenc...

May 13th, 2021 - Lactose intolerance (LI) is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal pain, or bloating occurring after lactose consumption in patients with lactose malabsorption. The National Institute of Health (NIH) proposed a double-blind placebo testing to identi...

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...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Background: SARS-CoV-2 has affected almost every country worldwide with regard to health system capacities and economic burden, so far. The typical clinical presentations of COVID-19 are fever, sore through, cough, dyspnea, abdominal pain and diar...

Mar 10th, 2023 - This study is designed to assess post-procedural outcomes for women who chose to undergo either hysteroscopic sterilization (Essure®) or laparoscopic tubal sterilization, including: Pelvic and/or lower abdominal pain Abnormal uterine bleeding Surg...

Mar 9th, 2023 - INCB7839 is an inhibitor of the ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease) 10 and 17 proteases. Neuronal activity regulates glioma growth through neuroligin-3 (NLGN3). ADAM 10 is the protease responsible for NLGN3 release into the tumor microenviron...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Crohn's disease (CD) is a long-lasting condition causing inflammation that can affect any part of the gut. CD may cause tiredness, loose stools with or without bleeding, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever. This study evaluates how safe and eff...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition that leads to an inflammatory reaction in the intestinal tract. Common subtypes of IBD include Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and less often, indeterminate colitis. Symptoms of IBD vary...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - The FDA gave the greenlight to the long-acting antifungal rezafungin (Rezzayo), the first new treatment option for candidemia and invasive candidiasis to gain approval in over a decade, Cidara Therapeutics and Melinta Therapeutics announced on Wed...

Mar 17th, 2023 - The FDA announced on Thursday that it has approved the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib (Tafinlar) combined with the MEK inhibitor trametinib (Mekinist) for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year and older with low-grade glioma with a BRAF V600E muta...

Mar 6th, 2023 - COPENHAGEN – Chronic pain in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not associated with disease activity but has a significant impact on quality of life, including emotional well-being and social functioning, shows a study on chronic pain i.

Mar 1st, 2023 - The FDA approved omaveloxolone (Skyclarys) for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in patients ages 16 and older, making it the first approved treatment for this rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder, the agency said Tuesday. Friedreich's a...

Feb 27th, 2023 - Experts shared advice on diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents showing signs of post-COVID conditions -- also known as long COVID -- during a CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) webinar. "Post-COVID conditions" i...