A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department with dizziness, hypotension, and a 3-week history of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Three weeks prior to admission he had experienced 1 ...

To accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician needs to consider the key aspects of the history, examination, laboratory results, and imaging. The patient’s history should ...

A number of diagnoses were still considered possibilities as the patient underwent laparotomy. A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right upper-quadrant (RUQ) ...

Pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) of the ribs may indicate a health problem affecting an organ in that area. These include the pancreas, right kidney, gallbladder, liver, and intestines.