title: Acute abdominal pain: a challenge for the practitioner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School 77030, USA.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hormann
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic