TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Acute Abdomen A1 - Brownson, Elisha G. A1 - Mandell, Katherine A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2015 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e AB - An “acute abdomen” denotes any sudden, spontaneous, nontraumatic, severe abdominal pain, typically of less than 24 hours duration. The acute abdomen requires rapid and specific diagnosis as several etiologies demand urgent operative intervention. Because there is frequently a progressive underlying intra-abdominal disorder, undue delay in diagnosis and treatment may adversely affect outcome. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105488088 ER -