TITLE:
Can Be Done Better for the Diagnosis of Non-Differentiated Diseases in Community Hospital?
AUTHORS:
Xurui Li, Zhangshun Shen, Chang Lv, Huiling Zang, Junna Zhang, Qian Zhao, Hui Guo, Jianguo Li
KEYWORDS:
Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms, General Practice Thinking, Checklist, Abdominal Pain
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.10 No.10,
October
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: General Practice is a comprehensive subject with a wide spectrum of diseases. It is challenging to make a more correct diagnosis timely and reasonable treatment with the least instrument examination for the diagnosis of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). This article reviews the case report of a patient who presented to a community hospital with a one-month history of constant diffuse abdominal pain and underwent eight weeks of examinations, finally experienced deterioration of their condition. Based on this case, this article discusses the problems in the diagnosis of abdominal pain in a community hospital, and according to the clinical thinking mode and checklist of abdominal pain, the diagnostic process of abdominal pain can be improved, and the diagnosis of non-differentiated diseases can be done better, the harm caused by delayed diagnosis may be reduced.