- Patient History
- Pertinent historical details related to a chief complaint of abdominal pain
- Risk factors
- Benign vs urgent
- Visceral vs pareietal vs referred
- Physical Exam
- Findings leading to the diagnosis of an acute surgical abdomen
- Benign vs urgent
- Emergent and surgical management of several common potential life threatening surgical abdominal emergencies
- Differential dx
- Acute appendicitis
- GI Perforation
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Small bowel obstructions
- Mesenteric Ischemia
- Volvulus
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Potential pitfalls in the management of acute abdominal pain in the geriatric population
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Wake Up the Surgeon! Acute Abdominal Pain Can't Miss Diagnoses
In this comprehensive overview of evaluating abdominal pain, using an approach that relies on the likelihood of disease, patient history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies, you will hear the latest evidence. In this recorded session, Patrick will discuss situations that are emergent, may be life threatening, and may require surgical intervention, including acute appendicitis, ectopic pregnancy, abdominal aortic aneurysm and more. The unique needs in geriatric patients with abdominal pain will also be covered.
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Patrick Heagey, MPAS, PA-C
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Patrick Heagey, MPAS, PA-C, is an assistant professor at West Chester University in the Physician Assistant Program. His specialty is Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care.
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Financial: Patrick Heagey has employment relationships with West Chester University of Pennsylvania and Paoli Hospital. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Patrick Heagey is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Physician Assistant Education Association.
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- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
- Product Code:
- POS078526
- Duration:
- 1 hour, 1 minute
- Copyright:
- Sep 14, 2022
- Closed Captions:
- Available
- Format:
- Audio and Video
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