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left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain and ten­derness, splenic friction rub, splenic bruits, and low-grade fever.
◆ Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids). If large
enough, these common, benign uterine tumors produce a round, multinodular mass in the suprapubic region. The patient’s chief complaint is usually menorrhagia; she may also experi­ence a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, and pressure on surrounding organs may cause back pain, constipation, and urinary frequency or urgency. Edema and varicosities of the lower extremities may develop. Rapid fibroid growth in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women needs further evaluation.
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PECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Discovery of an abdominal mass commonly causes anxiety. Offer emotional support to the patient and his family as they await the diag­nosis. Position the patient comfortably, and administer drugs for pain or anxiety as needed.
If an abdominal mass causes bowel obstruc­tion, watch for indications of peritonitis— abdominal pain and rebound tenderness—and for signs of shock, such as tachycardia and hy­potension.
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EDIATRIC POINTERS
Detecting an abdominal mass in an infant can be quite a challenge. However, these tips will make palpation easier for you: Allow an infant to suck on his bottle or pacifier to prevent cry­ing, which causes abdominal rigidity and inter­feres with palpation. Avoid tickling him because laughter also causes abdominal rigidity. Also, reduce his apprehension by distracting him with cheerful conversation. Rest your hand on his abdomen for a few moments before palpation. If he remains sensitive, place his hand under yours as you palpate. Consider allowing the child to remain on the parent’s or caregiver’s lap. A gentle rectal examination should also be performed.
In neonates, most abdominal masses result from renal disorders, such as polycystic kidney disease or congenital hydronephrosis. In older infants and children, abdominal masses usually are caused by enlarged organs, such as the liver and spleen.
Other common causes include Wilms’ tumor, neuroblastoma, intussusception, volvulus, Hirschsprung’s disease (congenital megacolon), pyloric stenosis, and abdominal abscess.
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ERIATRIC POINTERS
Ultrasonography should be used to evaluate a prominent midepigastric mass in thin elderly patients.
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ATIENT COUNSELING
Carefully explain diagnostic tests, which may include blood and urine studies, abdominal X­rays, barium enema, computed tomography scan, ultrasonography, radioisotope scan, and gastroscopy or sigmoidoscopy. A pelvic or rectal examination is usually indicated.
Abdominal pain
Abdominal pain usually results from a GI disor­der, but it can also be caused by a reproductive, genitourinary (GU), musculoskeletal, or vascular disorder; drug use; or ingestion of toxins. At times, such pain signals life-threatening compli­cations.
Abdominal pain arises from the ab­dominopelvic viscera, the parietal peritoneum, or the capsules of the liver, kidney, or spleen. It may be acute or chronic and diffuse or local­ized. Visceral pain develops slowly into a deep, dull, aching pain that’s poorly localized in the epigastric, periumbilical, or lower midabdomi­nal (hypogastric) region. In contrast, somatic (parietal, peritoneal) pain produces a sharp, more intense, and well-localized discomfort that rapidly follows the insult. Movement or coughing aggravates this pain. (See Abdominal pain: Types and locations, page 12.)
Pain may also be referred to the abdomen from another site with the same or similar nerve supply. This sharp, well-localized, referred pain is felt in skin or deeper tissues and may coexist with skin hyperesthesia and muscle hyperalgesia.
Mechanisms that produce abdominal pain in­clude stretching or tension of the gut wall, trac­tion on the peritoneum or mesentery, vigorous intestinal contraction, inflammation, ischemia, and sensory nerve irritation.
EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS If the
patient is experiencing sudden and severe abdominal pain, quickly take his vital signs and palpate pulses below the waist. Be alert for signs of hypovolemic shock, such as tachycardia and hypotension. Obtain I.V. access.
Emergency surgery may be required if the pa­tient also has mottled skin below the waist and a pulsating epigastric mass or rebound tenderness and rigidity.
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Abdominal pain: Types and locations
Affected organ
Stomach
Small intestine
Appendix
Proximal colon
Distal colon
Gallbladder
Ureters
Pancreas
Ovaries, fallopian
Visceral pain
Middle epigastrium
Periumbilical area
Periumbilical area
Periumbilical area and right flank for ascending colon
Hypogastrium and left flank for descending colon
Middle epigastrium
Costovertebral angle
Middle epigastrium and left upper quadrant
Hypogastrium and groin
tubes, and uterus
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EXAMINATION
If the patient has no life-threatening signs or symptoms, take his history. Ask him if he has had this type of pain before. Have him describe the pain—for example, is it dull, sharp, stab­bing, or burning? Ask if anything relieves the pain or makes it worse. Ask the patient if the pain is constant or intermittent and when the pain began. Constant, steady abdominal pain suggests organ perforation, ischemia, or inflammation or blood in the peritoneal cavity. Intermittent, cramping abdominal pain sug­gests the patient may have an obstruction of a hollow organ.
If pain is intermittent, find out the duration of a typical episode. In addition, ask the patient where the pain is located and if it radiates to other areas.
Find out if movement, coughing, exertion, vomiting, eating, elimination, or walking wors­ens or relieves the pain. The patient may report abdominal pain as indigestion or gas pain, so have him describe it in detail.
Parietal pain
Middle epigastrium and left upper quadrant
Over affected site
Right lower quadrant
Over affected site
Over affected site
Right upper quadrant
Over affected site
Middle epigastrium and left upper quadrant
Over affected site
Ask the patient about substance abuse and any history of vascular, GI, GU, or reproductive disorders. Ask the female patient the date of her last menses and if she has had changes in her menstrual pattern or dyspareunia.
Also ask about appetite changes and the onset and frequency of nausea or vomiting. Find out about increased flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, and changes in stool consistency. When was his last bowel movement? Ask about urinary frequen­cy, urgency, or pain. Is the urine cloudy or pink?
Perform a physical examination. Take the pa­tient’s vital signs, and assess skin turgor and mucous membranes. Inspect his abdomen for distention or visible peristaltic waves and, if in­dicated, measure his abdominal girth.
Auscultate for bowel sounds and characterize their motility. Percuss all quadrants, noting the percussion sounds. Palpate the entire abdomen for masses, rigidity, and tenderness. Check for costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness, abdomi­nal tenderness with guarding, and rebound ten­derness. (See Abdominal pain: Causes and asso- ciated findings, pages 14 to 19.)
Referred pain
Shoulders
Midback (rare)
Right lower quadrant
Right lower quadrant and back (rare)
Left lower quadrant and back (rare)
Right subscapular area
Groin; scrotum in men, labia in women (rare)
Back and left shoulder
Inner thighs
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EDICAL CAUSES
◆ Abdominal aortic aneurysm (dissecting).
Initially, abdominal aortic aneurysm—a life­threatening disorder—may produce dull lower abdominal, lower back, or severe chest pain. In most cases, however, it produces constant up­per abdominal pain, which may worsen when the patient lies down and may abate when he leans forward or sits up. Palpation may reveal an epigastric mass that pulsates before rupture but not after it.
Other findings may include mottled skin be­low the waist, absent femoral and pedal pulses, blood pressure that’s lower in the legs than in the arms, mild to moderate abdominal tender­ness with guarding, and abdominal rigidity. Signs of shock, such as tachycardia and tachyp­nea, may appear.
◆ Abdominal cancer. Abdominal pain usually
occurs late in abdominal cancer. It may be ac­companied by anorexia, weight loss, weakness, depression, an abdominal mass, and abdominal distention.
◆ Abdominal trauma. Generalized or local-
ized abdominal pain occurs with ecchymoses on the abdomen; abdominal tenderness; vomit­ing; and, with hemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity, abdominal rigidity. Bowel sounds are de­creased or absent. The patient may have signs of hypovolemic shock, such as hypotension and a rapid, thready pulse.
◆ Adrenal crisis. Severe abdominal pain ap-
pears early along with nausea, vomiting, dehy­dration, profound weakness, anorexia, and fever. Later signs are progressive loss of con­sciousness, hypotension, tachycardia, oliguria, cool and clammy skin, and increased motor ac­tivity, which may progress to delirium or seizures.
◆ Anthrax, GI. Anthrax is an acute infectious
disease that’s caused by the gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Al­though the disease most commonly occurs in wild and domestic grazing animals, such as cat­tle, sheep, and goats, the spores can live in the soil for many years. The disease can occur in humans exposed to infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or biological agents. Most natural cases occur in agricultural regions worldwide. Anthrax may occur in cutaneous, in­haled, or GI forms.
GI anthrax is caused by eating contaminated meat from an infected animal. Initial signs and symptoms include anorexia, nausea, vomiting,
and fever. Late signs and symptoms include ab­dominal pain, severe bloody diarrhea, and he­matemesis.
◆ Appendicitis. Appendicitis is a life-
threatening disorder in which pain initially occurs in the epigastric or umbilical region. Anorexia, nausea, and vomiting may occur after the onset of pain. Pain localizes at McBurney’s point in the right lower quadrant and is accompanied by abdominal rigidity, increasing tenderness (especially over McBurney’s point), rebound tenderness, and re­tractive respirations. Later signs and symptoms include malaise, constipation (or diarrhea), low-grade fever, and tachycardia.
◆ Cholecystitis. Severe pain in the right up-
per quadrant may arise suddenly or increase gradually over several hours, usually after meals. It may radiate to the right shoulder, chest, or back. Accompanying the pain are anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal rigidity and tenderness, pallor, and diaphore­sis. Murphy’s sign (inspiratory arrest elicited when the examiner palpates the right upper quadrant as the patient takes a deep breath) is common.
◆ Cholelithiasis. Patients may suffer sudden,
severe, and paroxysmal pain in the right upper quadrant lasting several minutes to several hours. The pain may radiate to the epigastrium, back, or shoulder blades. The pain is accompa­nied by anorexia, nausea, vomiting (sometimes bilious), diaphoresis, restlessness, and abdomi­nal tenderness with guarding over the gallblad­der or biliary duct. The patient may also experi­ence fatty food intolerance and frequent indigestion.
◆ Cirrhosis. Dull abdominal aching occurs ear-
ly and is usually accompanied by anorexia, indi­gestion, nausea, vomiting, and constipation or diarrhea. Subsequent right-upper-quadrant pain worsens when the patient sits up or leans for­ward. Associated signs include fever, ascites, leg edema, weight gain, hepatomegaly, jaun­dice, severe pruritus, bleeding tendencies, pal­mar erythema, and spider angiomas. Gyneco­mastia and testicular atrophy may also be present.
◆ Crohn’s disease. An acute attack causes se-
vere cramping pain in the lower abdomen, typi­cally preceded by weeks or months of milder cramping pain. Crohn’s disease may also cause diarrhea, hyperactive bowel sounds, dehydra­tion, weight loss, fever, abdominal tenderness
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SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
Abdominal pain: Causes and associated findings
Major associated signs and symptoms
Common causes
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (dissecting)
Abdominal cancer
Abdominal trauma
Adrenal crisis
Anthrax, GI
Appendicitis
Cholecystitis
Cholelithiasis
Cirrhosis
Crohn’s disease
Cystitis
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diverticulitis
Duodenal ulcer
Ectopic pregnancy
Endometriosis
Escherichia coli
O157:H7
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Gastritis
Gastroenteritis
Heart failure
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distention
Abdominal mass
Abdominal rigidity
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tenderness
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Anorexia
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Abdominal pain: Causes and associated findings (continued)
Major associated signs and symptoms
Common causes
Hepatic abscess
Hepatic amebiasis
Hepatitis
Herpes zoster
Insect toxins
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Listeriosis
Mesenteric artery ischemia
Myocardial infarction
Norovirus infection
Ovarian cyst
Pancreatitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Perforated ulcer
Peritonitis
Pleurisy
Pneumonia
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Abdominal pain: Causes and associated findings (continued)
Major associated signs and symptoms
Common causes
Pyelonephritis (acute)
Renal calculi
Sickle cell crisis
Smallpox (variola major)
Splenic infarction
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Ulcerative colitis
Uremia
with guarding, and possibly a palpable mass in a lower quadrant. Abdominal pain is commonly relieved by defecation. Milder chronic signs and symptoms include right-lower-quadrant pain with diarrhea, steatorrhea, and weight loss. Complications include perirectal or vaginal fis­tulas.
◆ Cystitis. Abdominal pain and tenderness
usually occur in the suprapubic region. Associ­ated signs and symptoms include malaise, flank pain, low back pain, nausea, vomiting, urinary frequency and urgency, nocturia, dysuria, fever, and chills.
◆ Diabetic ketoacidosis. Rarely, severe,
sharp, shooting, and girdling pain may persist for several days. Fruity breath odor, a weak and rapid pulse, Kussmaul’s respirations, poor skin turgor, polyuria, polydipsia, nocturia, hypoten­sion, decreased bowel sounds, and confusion also occur.
◆ Diverticulitis. Mild cases usually produce
intermittent, diffuse left-lower-quadrant pain, which may be relieved by defecation or pas­sage of flatus and worsened by eating. Other signs and symptoms include nausea, constipa-
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tion or diarrhea, low-grade fever and, in many cases, a palpable abdominal mass that’s usual­ly tender, firm, and fixed. Rupture causes se­vere left-lower-quadrant pain, abdominal rigidity, and possibly signs and symptoms of sepsis and shock (high fever, chills, and hy­potension).
◆ Duodenal ulcer. Localized abdominal
pain—described as steady, gnawing, burning, aching, or hungerlike—may occur high in the midepigastrium, slightly off center, usually on the right. The pain usually doesn’t radiate un­less pancreatic penetration occurs. It typically begins 2 to 4 hours after a meal and may cause nocturnal awakening. Ingestion of food or antacids brings relief until the cycle starts again. Other symptoms include changes in bowel habits and heartburn or retrosternal burning.
◆ Ectopic pregnancy. Lower abdominal pain
may be sharp, dull, or cramping and constant or intermittent in ectopic pregnancy, a poten­tially life-threatening disorder. Vaginal bleed­ing, nausea, and vomiting may occur along with urinary frequency, a tender adnexal mass,
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Cough
Diarrhea
Dyspnea
Fever
Kussmaul’s
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Nausea
Oliguria or anuria
Skin lesions
Skin mottling
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and a 1- to 2-month history of amenorrhea. Rupture of the fallopian tube produces sharp lower abdominal pain, which may radiate to the shoulders and neck and become extreme with cervical or adnexal palpation. Signs of shock (such as pallor, tachycardia, and hy­potension) may also appear.
◆ Endometriosis. Constant, severe pain in the
lower abdomen usually begins 5 to 7 days be­fore the start of menses and may be aggravated by defecation. Depending on the location of the ectopic tissue, abdominal pain may be accom­panied by abdominal tenderness, constipation, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and deep sacral pain.
◆ Escherichia coli O157:H7. E. coli O157:H7
is an aerobic, gram-negative bacillus that caus­es food-borne illness. Most strains of E. coli are harmless and are part of the normal intestinal flora of healthy humans and animals. E. coli O157:H7, one of hundreds of strains of the bac­terium, is capable of producing a powerful toxin and can cause severe illness. Eating under­cooked beef or other foods contaminated with the bacterium causes the disease. Signs and
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symptoms include watery or bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal cramps. In children younger than age 5 and the elderly, hemolytic uremic syndrome may develop and ultimately lead to acute renal failure.
◆ Gastric ulcer. Diffuse, gnawing, burning
pain in the left upper quadrant or epigastric area commonly occurs 1 to 2 hours after meals and may be relieved by ingestion of food or antacids. Vague bloating and nausea after eat­ing are common. Indigestion, weight change, anorexia, and episodes of GI bleeding also occur.
◆ Gastritis. With acute gastritis, the patient ex-
periences rapid onset of abdominal pain that can range from mild epigastric discomfort to burning pain in the left upper quadrant. Other typical features include belching, fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, bloody or coffee-ground vomitus, and melena. However, significant bleeding is unusual, unless the patient has hem­orrhagic gastritis.
◆ Gastroenteritis. Cramping or colicky ab-
dominal pain, which can be diffuse, originates in the left upper quadrant and radiates or
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migrates to the other quadrants, usually in a peristaltic manner. It’s accompanied by diarrhea, hyperactive bowel sounds, headache, myalgia, nausea, and vomiting.
◆ Heart failure. Right-upper-quadrant pain
commonly accompanies heart failure’s hall­marks: jugular vein distention, dyspnea, tachycardia, and peripheral edema. Other findings include nausea, vomiting, ascites, productive cough, crackles, cool extremities, and cyanotic nail beds. Clinical signs are nu­merous and vary according to the stage of the disease and amount of cardiovascular impair­ment.
◆ Hepatic abscess. Steady, severe abdominal
pain in the right upper quadrant or midepigas­trium commonly accompanies hepatic ab­scess—a rare disorder—but right-upper-quad­rant tenderness is the most important finding. Other signs and symptoms are anorexia, diar­rhea, nausea, fever, diaphoresis, elevated right hemidiaphragm and, rarely, vomiting.
◆ Hepatic amebiasis. Rare in the United
States, hepatic amebiasis causes relatively se­vere right-upper-quadrant pain and tenderness over the liver and possibly the right shoulder. Accompanying signs and symptoms include fever, weakness, weight loss, chills, diaphoresis, and jaundiced or brownish skin.
◆ Hepatitis. Liver enlargement from any type
of hepatitis causes discomfort or dull pain and tenderness in the right upper quadrant. Associ­ated signs and symptoms may include dark urine, clay-colored stools, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, jaundice, malaise, and pruritus.
◆ Herpes zoster. Herpes zoster of the tho-
racic, lumbar, or sacral nerves can cause local­ized abdominal and chest pain in the areas served by these nerves. Pain, tenderness, and fever can precede or accompany erythematous papules, which rapidly evolve into grouped vesicles.
◆ Intestinal obstruction. Short episodes of
intense, colicky, cramping pain alternate with pain-free intervals in intestinal obstruction, a life-threatening disorder. Accompanying signs and symptoms may include abdominal disten­tion, tenderness, and guarding; visible peri­staltic waves; high-pitched, tinkling, or hyper­active bowel sounds proximal to the obstruction and hypoactive or absent sounds distally; obstipation; and pain-induced agita­tion. In jejunal and duodenal obstruction, nau­sea and bilious vomiting occur early. In distal
small- or large-bowel obstruction, nausea and vomiting are commonly feculent. Complete obstruction produces absent bowel sounds. Late-stage obstruction produces signs of hypovolemic shock, such as hypotension and tachycardia.
◆ Irritable bowel syndrome. Lower abdomi-
nal cramping or pain is aggravated by ingestion of coarse or raw foods and may be alleviated by defecation or passage of flatus. Related findings include abdominal tenderness, diurnal diarrhea alternating with constipation or normal bowel function, and small stools with visible mucus. Dyspepsia, nausea, and abdominal distention with a feeling of incomplete evacuation may also occur. Stress, anxiety, and emotional labili­ty intensify the symptoms.
◆ Listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious infection
that’s caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. This food­borne illness primarily affects pregnant women, neonates, and those with weakened immune systems. Signs and symptoms include fever, myalgia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. If the infection spreads to the nervous system, it may cause meningitis, characterized by fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, and altered level of consciousness (LOC).
GENDER CUE Listeriosis infection during
pregnancy may lead to premature delivery,
infection of the neonate, or stillbirth.
◆ Mesenteric artery ischemia. Always sus-
pect mesenteric artery ischemia in patients old­er than age 50 with chronic heart failure, car­diac arrhythmias, cardiovascular infarct, or hypotension who develop sudden, severe ab­dominal pain after 2 to 3 days of colicky peri­umbilical pain and diarrhea. Initially, the ab­domen is soft and tender with decreased bowel sounds. Associated findings include vomiting, anorexia, alternating periods of diarrhea and constipation and, in late stages, extreme ab­dominal tenderness with rigidity, tachycardia, tachypnea, absent bowel sounds, and cool, clammy skin.
◆ Myocardial infarction (MI). In MI—a life-
threatening disorder—substernal chest pain may radiate to the abdomen. Associated signs and symptoms include weakness, diaphoresis, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, syncope, jugular vein distention, and dyspnea.
◆ Norovirus infection. Abdominal pain or
cramping is a symptom commonly associated with noroviruses. Transmitted by the fecal-oral