title: [Acute abdominal pain in childhood].
abstract: According to the difficulties in communication with babies and very young children there often are problems in the early diagnosis of abdominal pain or symptoms. This is demonstrated in the example of appendicitis in children and meconium peritonitis in the newborns. The possibilities of pain measuring in newborn or preterm babies are shortly discussed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000002:abnormalities; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D008470:Meconium; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Akuter Bauchschmerz im Kindesalter.