What are the life threatening causes of abdominal pain?
- • Appendicitis
- • Intussusception
- • Incarcerated hernia
- • Trauma (accidental or inflicted injury)
- • Tumors
- • Sepsis
- • Malrotation/volvulus
- • Ectopic pregnancy
- • Diabetic ketoacidosis
- • Intra-abdominal abscess (pelvic inflammatory disease, inflammatory bowel disease)
- • Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- • Intestinal obstruction
- • Pancreatitis
- • Megacolon
- • Metabolic acidosis/inborn error of metabolism
- • Aortic aneurysm
- • Toxic ingestion (iron, lead, aspirin)
