RT Book, Section
A1 Barlotta, Kevin S.
A1 Stack, Lawrence B.
A1 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1177128047
T1 Abdominal Distension
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1177128047
RD 2021/01/24
AB Abdominal  distention  may  be  a  symptom—described  by  the  patient  as  the  feeling  of  being  bloated—or  a  sign,  a  protuberance  of  the  patient’s  abdomen.  Obesity,  ascites,  pregnancy,  neoplasms,  aneurysm,  tympanites  (excess  gas),  organomegaly,  urinary  retention,  bowel  obstruction,  hemoperitoneum,  and  constipation  are  important  etiologies  to  consider  in  the  differential.