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Abdominal Emergencies in Geriatric Patients
Key Points Acute abdominal diseases frequently have atypical presentations in geriatric patients. Patients with intraabdominal sepsis may not have a fever or elevated white cell count, and conditions usually associated with abdominal pain (e.g., cholecystitis, pyelonephritis) may present as generalized…