DOLOR ABDOMINAL AGUDO EN EL ADULTO MAYOR

Population aging is a global reality, with older adults (over 65) being the age group experiencing the most rapid growth. The frequency with which these patients consult in the Emergency Services is also affected with increasing frequency. The confrontation of these patients is always a challenge as they have their own characteristics that make diagnosis and treatment difficult. In this population abdominal pain is the third most frequent reason for consultation in the Emergency Services. Usually have atypical presentations with which the diagnosis is more difficult and late, increasing complications and mortality. The spectrum of abdominal urgencies is extensive, so it is useful to order differential diagnoses according to the pathophysiological mechanism underlying: inflammatory, obstructive, vascular and other, thus favoring the diagnostic and therapeutic process.