title: Pediatric Abdominal Pain: An Emergency Medicine Perspective.
abstract: Abdominal pain is a common complaint that leads to pediatric patients seeking emergency care. The emergency care provider has the arduous task of determining which child likely has a benign cause and not missing the devastating condition that needs emergent attention. This article reviews common benign causes of abdominal pain as well as some of the cannot-miss emergent causes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, MEB Floor 3, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA. Electronic address: jeremiah.smith@carolinashealthcare.org.
authors.forename: Jeremiah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, MEB Floor 3, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA.
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods
keywords: Appendicitis; Functional constipation; Functional gastrointestinal disorder; Gonadal torsion; Incarcerated inguinal hernia; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Pyloric stenosis