title: The diagnostic difficulties of abdominal pain.
abstract: When the patient presents with the words, "I've got a pain in the gut", what are the most common diagnoses and how often does the problem remain undiagnosed? This paper describes what usually happens at encounters initiated by patient presentation of abdominal pain and is based on the results of the Australian Morbidity and Treatment Survey 1990-1991.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Sydney.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Britt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bridges-Webb
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sayer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neary
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Traynor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012017:Referral and Consultation