Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience

Pain is one of the most common reasons people present to the emergency centre with 7-10% of presentations being due to acute abdominal pain. However, pain is also often neglected by clinicians in emergency centres. The well validated South African Triage Score (SATS) incorporates pain assessment in...

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Autores principales:	Romy Parker, Gill J. Bedwell, Peter Hodkinson, Andrit Lourens, Mashiko Setshedi
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Acute abdominal pain Assessment SATS Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:347cd996a60a403fb05f7698b1dc7ecb2021-11-12T04:31:59ZManaging acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience2211-419X10.1016/j.afjem.2021.06.006https://doaj.org/article/347cd996a60a403fb05f7698b1dc7ecb2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X21000598https://doaj.org/toc/2211-419XPain is one of the most common reasons people present to the emergency centre with 7-10% of presentations being due to acute abdominal pain. However, pain is also often neglected by clinicians in emergency centres. The well validated South African Triage Score (SATS) incorporates pain assessment in the prioritising of patients with the aim of guiding clinicians. Based on the SATS, severe pain (a score of ≥8 out of 10) should prompt the clinician to initiate treatment within 10 min of presentation, as unmanaged pain has multiple negative consequences, including poor outcomes of the acute incident with delayed healing and increased risk of developing chronic pain. In this commentary, we present a patient's experience when attending an emergency centre for acute abdominal pain, describe relevant pain mechanisms and highlight the stages where clinical management could have been optimised.Romy ParkerGill J. BedwellPeter HodkinsonAndrit LourensMashiko SetshediElsevierarticleAcute abdominal painAssessmentSATSMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 483-486 (2021)
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description	Pain is one of the most common reasons people present to the emergency centre with 7-10% of presentations being due to acute abdominal pain. However, pain is also often neglected by clinicians in emergency centres. The well validated South African Triage Score (SATS) incorporates pain assessment in the prioritising of patients with the aim of guiding clinicians. Based on the SATS, severe pain (a score of ≥8 out of 10) should prompt the clinician to initiate treatment within 10 min of presentation, as unmanaged pain has multiple negative consequences, including poor outcomes of the acute incident with delayed healing and increased risk of developing chronic pain. In this commentary, we present a patient's experience when attending an emergency centre for acute abdominal pain, describe relevant pain mechanisms and highlight the stages where clinical management could have been optimised.
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title	Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience
title_short	Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience
title_full	Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience
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Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience

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