Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain
Elaine Cole Lecturer practitioner, Accident and Emergency (A&E)/Trauma, City University and Barts and the London NHS Trust
Helen Cugnoni Consultant, Emergency medicine, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London
Abdominal pain has many causes, from simple to complex presentations. Patients with abdominal pain may have a number of physiological and psychological needs. Nurses have a key role to play in patient assessment, history taking and management.
Nursing Standard.
20, 38, 56-64.
doi: 10.7748/ns2006.05.20.38.56.c4167
Correspondence
e.cole@city.ac.uk
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