Dr. Emily Brown: Today's case is that of a 10-year-old premenarchal girl, accompanied by
her parents, who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of …

Case 1: An eight-year-old, previously healthy girl comes to the emergency department at 10:
00 AM because of abdominal pain. Her parents state that she has had the pain for almost 48 …

CASE A 12-year-old, Hispanic girl presented to the Children's Medical Center emergency
department (ED) with a chief complaint of abdominal pain for 12 hours. She had an insidious …

DISCUSSION Abdominal pain is a common complaint in children. It can also be difficult and
frustrating to correctly diagnose and manage, especially in young children who are often …

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Emergency Medicine national meeting.
Challenging cases are submitted to a committee, chaired by Martha Wright, MD, which then …

Chronic and recurrent abdominal pains are common complaints in children and
adolescents, but the evaluation in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging. We …

An 11-year-old, previously healthy, white male was transferred from a community hospital to
Children's Medical Center (CMC) because of unexplained, recurrent abdominal pain. He …

DISCUSSION This patient demonstrates a very common clinical, acute abdomen scenario,
which can be especially confusing in infants. There is no question that the patient's …

Today's case discussion is of a 14-year-old boy with persistent abdominal pain and fever.
Discussants for the case are Marc Levine, MD; Joseph Brown, MD; Eric Dobkin, MD; Darius …

A three-year-old white male presented to the emergency department (ED) with worsening
abdominal pain and restlessness. The patient was well until six hours before presen-tation …