Pediatria pre prax 4/2011

Diarrhoea and acute abdomen in paediatric patient

Diarrhoea in pediatric patient is not common sign in acute abdomen and can mislead us to diagnostic delay and delay of operative treatment of acute abdomen from the view point of both paediatrician and surgeon. Following article tries to summarise possible association of symptom of diarrhoea and acute abdomen, points out cautionary signs in diarrheal diseases and solves the modalities of diagnosis, differential diagnosis and selectively therapy.

Keywords: diarrhoea, acute abdomen, abdominal examination, differential diagnosis of diarrhoea.