Abdominal pain 4
You are an FY1 on your general surgery rotatio. Please assess a 48 year old man with severe abdominal pain and vomitting.
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You are an FY1 on your general surgery rotation in a busy DGH, working in the surgical assesment unit (SAU). Johnny Fritterbust is a 48 year old man who has presented with severe abdominal pain and vomitting.
Please take a focussed history from the patient, give your differential diagnosis and management plan including appropriate investigations .
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