title: Abdominal Pain in the Immunocompromised Patient-Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Transplant, Cancer.
abstract: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus, those who are posttransplant, and those undergoing chemotherapy are populations who are immunocompromised and present to the emergency department with abdominal pain related to their disease processes, opportunistic infections, and complications of treatment. Emergency department practitioners must maintain vigilance, as the physical examination is often unreliable in these patients. Cross-sectional imaging and early treatment of symptoms with aggressive resuscitation is often required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML0769, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0769, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McKean
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML0769, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0769, USA. Electronic address: ronanse@uc.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ronan-Bentle
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Cytomegalovirus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunocompromised; Immunosuppressed; Necrotizing enterocolitis