Decision Rule of Orient et al for Men with Abdominal Pain (Modified Decision Rule of Wasson et al)
Purpose: | To determine if an ambulatory male patient with abdominal pain has potentially serious disease using the decision rule of Orient et al. |
Specialty: | Gastroenterology General Surgery & Anesthesiology |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, criteria for diagnosis |
ICD-10: | R10 |
Description: | Orient et al used a decision rule to evaluate men with abdominal pain. The rule was slightly modified by one developed by Wasson et al. The authors are from the University of Arizona. |
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