title: [Strategy in acute abdomen].
abstract: The most important measure in assessing the acute abdomen is the selection of the patients requiring urgent operation. Hitherto, the patient's history and careful physical examination by an experienced surgeon have formed the basis for decision making and management. Provided adequate experience is available, ultrasonography is considered helpful in certain cases. Special laboratory tests and extensive equipment-related measures should be applied only following specific questioning.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Katharinenhospitals Stuttgart, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Merkle
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy
vernacular_title: Strategie beim akuten Abdomen.