Enough to bring a lump to the throat: two emergency presentations to the acute medical take

Acute Med. 2012;11(3):154-6.

Abstract

An eighty nine year old woman was admitted with a two day history of abdominal pain and vomiting. Two months previously she had undergone a Hartmann's procedure following a sigmoid perforation secondary to diverticular disease. A hiatus hernia had been noted on a CT undertaken prior to her recent surgery.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cause of Death*
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Disease Progression
  • Emergency Service, Hospital*
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hernia, Hiatal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hernia, Hiatal / mortality*
  • Hernia, Hiatal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sampling Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Survival Rate
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome