title: Presentations of abdominal pain in Australian general practice.
abstract: The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of the consultations in general practice involving a patient presentation of abdominal pain. This provides a backdrop against which the articles in this issue of the Australian Family Physician can be further considered.
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003248:Constipation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy