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      Frecuencia de abdomen agudo quirúrgico en pacientes que consultan al servicio de urgencias Translated title: Frequency of acute surgical abdomen in patients consulting the emergency service

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          Introducción. El dolor abdominal es una causa frecuente de consulta en los servicios de urgencias, y compete a todo médico conocer a fondo sus características para determinar rápidamente la conducta que se debe seguir, dado que de su oportuna decisión puede depender el desenlace del paciente. Objetivo. Determinar las características del dolor abdominal y la frecuencia del abdomen agudo quirúrgico, en pacientes que consultaron al servicio de urgencias de la Clínica Rafael Uribe Uribe de Cali, en el periodo de enero a julio de 2009. Materiales y métodos. Se hizo un estudio descriptivo observacional de corte transversal o de prevalencia, en el que se seleccionaron todos los pacientes mayores de quince años que consultaron por dolor abdominal. Se tomaron los datos de las historias clínicas y se calcularon medidas de tendencia central. Resultados. Se evaluaron 146 pacientes que consultaron entre enero y julio de 2009 y se encontró que el dolor abdominal causó el 5,1% de las consultas de urgencias y que el 23,3% de esos pacientes presentaron abdomen agudo quirúrgico. Por el tipo de población que se atiende en la clínica, la mitad de los pacientes fueron mayores de 50 años. Predominaron el sexo femenino y el antecedente de hipertensión arterial; el 48% consultó en las primeras 24 horas desde el inicio de los síntomas. Las principales causas de cirugía fueron las enfermedades biliares (35,3%), la apendicitis aguda (26,5%) y las hernias de pared abdominal (11,8%). Conclusión. El dolor abdominal es una causa frecuente de consulta y es muy importante que todo médico, y en particular el médico general, detecte durante la evaluación inicial los pacientes que requieren evaluación prioritaria por el cirujano general por presentar abdomen agudo quirúrgico.

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          Introduction. Abdominal pain is a frequent cause of consultation in the emergency services, and it is the responsibility of every physician to fully know its characteristics in order to take prompt clinical decisions, for the final result will depend on the opportune diagnosis. Objective. To determine the characteristics of the abdominal pain and the frequency of acute surgical abdomen in patients that consulted the emergency service of Clínica Rafael Uribe Uribe in Cali, Colombia, during the period January to July 2009. Materials and methods. Descriptive observational transverse study or prevalence study selecting patients older tan fifteen years that consulted because of abdominal pain. Data taken from the medical records were submitted for central trend calculations. Results. 146 patients that consulted between January and July 2009 were evaluated, finding that they represented 5.1% of the emergency service consultations and that 23.3% of them presented an acute surgical abdomen. Because of the type of patients that consulted our institution, half of the patients were older than 50 years. The female gender was predominant, as well as the history of arterial hypertension; 48% consulted during the first 48 hours after the onset of symptoms. Main causes for operation were biliary diseases (35.3%), acute appendicitis (26.5%) and abdominal wall hernias (11.8%). Conclusion. Abdominal pain is a frequent cause of emergency service consultation and it appears most important that the general practitioner identifies during the initial clinical evaluation those patients that demand priority evaluation by the general surgeon because of the probability of an acute surgical abdomen.

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                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Journal
                rcci
                Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
                rev. colomb. cir.
                Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía (Bogotá )
                2011-7582
                March 2011
                : 26
                : 1
                : 33-41
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad Libre Colombia
                [2 ] Universidad Libre Colombia
                Article
                S2011-75822011000100005
                0671550a-0d5a-4c60-8fcb-f0e03de4252a

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                SURGERY

                Surgery
                abdominal pain,abdomen,acute,emergency medical services,diagnosis,evaluation,dolor abdominal,abdomen agudo,servicios médicos de urgencia,diagnóstico,evaluación

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