'Undifferentiated' abdominal pain: clinical features. (Tips from Other Journals) From: American Family Physician | Date: September 15, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 American Academy of Family Physicians. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

While abdominal pain is a frequent complaint among patients presenting to emergency departments, most patients experience improvement of symptoms without specific treatment. To evaluate the natural history of "undifferentiated" abdominal pain and to identify clinical features in these patients, Lukens and colleagues conducted a follow-up study of patients seen in an emergency department for abdominal pain.

The study included a total of 307 patients with undifferentiated ...

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