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Chanana, Lakshay, et al. "Clinical Profile Of Non-Traumatic Acute Abdominal Pain Presenting To An Adult Emergency Department." Journal Of Family Medicine & Primary Care 4.3 (2015): 422. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 19 Feb. 2017.

This document contains statistics pertaining to abdominal pain in the Emergency Room, as well as other general statistics. The studies in the document were done in a hospital in India, but still contains information that pertains to the United States as well. In the introduction the document talks about how some causes of abdominal pain are never resolved by ER doctors. It states, “a quarter of patients usually remained with a non‑specific cause but now with latest radiological imaging advances that number has decreased”(1). The document quickly jumps into how the hospital’s ER doctors go about diagnosing their patients. A scale from zero to ten is used by the doctors to ask patients about their pain level. The document talks about how doctors diagnose patients by crossing off the most fatal causes and working down to acute abdominal pain. It states, “conditions causing acute abdominal pain may vary, from conditions

needing immediate intervention, to relatively mild presentations needing careful observation to avoid over investigation and unnecessary interventions”(2). It is important for ER doctors to not spend too much time on a patient whose problem can be treated by their primary care doctor.

I can use the part where the document talks about the percentages of how many people come in with the various types of abdominal pain. It states, “Common types of pain included dull aching (36%), colicky (18.2%), pricking (10.2%), crushing (9.8%), and throbbing (3.4%)”(2). I could also use the part where the document talks about the percentages of different symptoms of abdominal pain. It states, “ Common associated symptoms included nausea (67.4%), vomiting (57.2%), urinary symptoms (38.3%), loss of appetite (21.2%), constipation (19.3%), obstipation (12.1%), diarrhea (10.6%), abdominal distension (5.7%), per vaginal bleeding (3.4%), gastro‑intestinal bleed (2.7%), and jaundice (1.9)”(2).

This source is reliable because it is a case study performed by a reliable hospital. I found this source using Galileo which also adds to its probability of being credible. This source is helpful to me in that it provides me with statistics that will help me with my research paper. Through this document I am able to reinforce what my mentor has taught me.