Abdominal pain among children re-evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm

Table 2 Came with abdominal pain to emergency ward, BCH, 2000

Category	n	%
Organ inflammationa	637	65.5
Intestinal obstructionb	160	16.5
Traumatic abdomen	28	2.9
GI hemorrhage	38	3.9
Primary peritonitis	5	0.5
Perforation peritonitis	8	0.8
Tumor twisting or rupturing	14	1.4
Torsion testes or appendage	8	0.8
Other organic lesion	5	0.5
Non organic pain	70	7.2
Total	973	100.0

^a Included 614 appendicitis

^bIncluded 57 intussusception