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these questions:
What does the subtitle in “Acute abdomen,
when the emergency department physician and the surgeon come
to blows” mean?
What are the symptoms common to bowel obstruction,
bowel perforation and bowel ischemia?
Why is time of the essence when abdominal
catastrophes are developing?
Why is it challenging for the surgeon to
work with emergency department physicians?
What happens inside the abdomen which ultimately
can end up resulting in the patient dying?
What happens when there is a bowel perforation?
Why is a trauma specialist more attuned
to signs of bowel perforation?
What is the significance of free air in
the abdomen?
What does this phrase mean, “People
die of sepsis; they do not die of anesthesia”?
Are there any gold standard diagnostic tests
that are very helpful in coming up with diagnoses related
to abdominal catastrophes?
What are the issues that might lead on to
a more timely surgical consultation?
Is there a diagnostic protocol for detecting
abdominal complications?
Is it appropriate to give pain relieving
medications to somebody coming in with abdominal pain?
What are a few examples of medical legal
cases involving abdominal catastrophes?
What is the role of the emergency department
nurse in the diagnosis of abdominal injuries?
What kind of cases would a plaintiff attorney
reject right away when there was some type of an acute abdominal
problem?
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