title: Acute abdomen.
abstract: Acute surgical abdomen is the object of urgent surgical attention. The objective of emergency operation is to interrupt a process that has a steadily worsening prognosis on a scale of hours unless effective surgical treatment is rendered. There are basically three processes to address: free or incipient sepsis and peritonitis, gastrointestinal soilage, and hemorrhage.
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans