An Obstructed View

A 66-year-old man presented to the emergency department with subacute abdominal pain that had intensified the previous evening. He reported relatively mild cramping in the midabdomen for the past two to three weeks. The previous night, soon after eating dinner, he developed severe midabdominal pain that did not radiate or remit. He reported no nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fevers, chills, weight loss, or night sweats. He had a normal bowel movement the previous day. The patient had never undergone a colonoscopy.
Source: AORN Journal - Category: Nursing Tags: Column Source Type: research