Acute Abdomen in Adults- a Prospective Study on Emergency Department Admissions
Acute Abdomen in Adults- a Prospective Study on Emergency Department Admissions
This is a non-randomized, prospective, population-based, single-center study designed to
 evaluate conditions resulting emergency admission in patients with abdominal pain.
 Furthermore, we are interested in how many patients are discharged with "non-specific
 abdominal pain" but later readmitted and diagnosed with a specific diagnosis.
1000 adult patients with acute abdominal pain will be recruited at Tampere University
 Hospital Emergency department. The patients will fill in a questionaire about the symptoms
 and their duration. A urine sample will be collected for polyamine molecule analysis with an
 electronic nose. At later stage of the study, a serum sample for coeliac tests will be
 collected. Patient outcome will be obtained during the hospital stay, at one-month after
 discharge and at one year.
Inclusion Criteria:

 All adult patients with abdominal pain.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 Under the age of 18 years