Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands Practice Guidelines of acute abdomen (some points of review)
💎10% of presentations at the Emergency Department are because of acute abdominal pain
💎Urgent causes require immediate treatment (within 24 h) to prevent complications 💎Most common urgent causes are acute appendicitis, acute diverticulitis, and bowel obstruction
💎Sensitivity of medical history, physical examination, and laboratory values are higher for differentiating urgent from non-urgent conditions than for a specific diagnosis