Acute Abdomen: To Cut or Not to Cut

The speaker will discuss the multiple disease conditions that comprise the general topic of Acute Abdomen, concentrating on decision making and whether or not to take the patient to surgery. Topics include disease conditions, diagnostics, and key clinical information for surgical patients. Key topics will include definition and associated disease conditions (Surgical vs. Medical), presenting signs, diagnostics, imaging modalities used, and abdominal fluid collection and analysis. The primary focus is the sometimes difficult decision making process to take a patient to surgery or not, especially for newer surgeons and practitioners.