title: Acute Abdomen.
abstract: Abdominal pain is a common complaint in adolescents, and its evaluation is challenging. This article provides a method of evaluating the adolescent with acute abdominal pain, reviews the more common causes that may lead to surgical intervention, and provides algorithms for determining a specific diagnosis and mode of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010, USA.
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramachandran