"Abdomen, Acute" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A clinical syndrome with acute abdominal pain that is severe, localized, and rapid in onset. Acute abdomen may be caused by a variety of disorders, injuries, or diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D000006
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.054.200 C23.888.821.030.249
|
| Concept/Terms |
Abdomen, Acute- Abdomen, Acute
- Abdomens, Acute
- Acute Abdomen
- Acute Abdomens
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Abdomen, Acute".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Abdomen, Acute".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abdomen, Acute" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abdomen, Acute" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Abdomen, Acute" by people in Profiles.
-
Dreznik Y, Gutman M, Weiss B, Nevler A. Mitochondrial neuro-gastrointestinal encephalomyopathy presenting with recurrent bowel perforations and intra-abdominal abscesses. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Nov; 18(11):2054-6.
-
Marks JA, Martin ND, Jenoff JS, Weinstein MS. Occult pulmonary arteriovenous malformation resulting in acute mesenteric ischemia and post-operative respiratory failure. Am Surg. 2011 Aug; 77(8):1096-8.
-
Lewiss RE, Egan DJ, Shreves A. Vascular abdominal emergencies. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2011 May; 29(2):253-72, viii.
-
Scott SM, Schlaff W. Hematocolpos associated with a remote history of chronic vaginitis and a diagnostic vaginal biopsy: a case report. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2004 Oct; 17(5):347-9.
-
Basak S, Nazarian LN, Wechsler RJ, Parker L, Williams BD, Lev-Toaff AS, Kurtz AB. Is unenhanced CT sufficient for evaluation of acute abdominal pain? Clin Imaging. 2002 Nov-Dec; 26(6):405-7.
-
Paskin DL, Hoffamn WS, Tuddenham WJ. A new complication of subclavian vein catheterization. Ann Surg. 1974 Mar; 179(3):266-8.