MNEMONICS FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN

"BAD GUT PAIN"

B - Bowel obstruction
A - Appendicitis, Adenitis (mesenteric)
D Diverticulitis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis/Dysentary/Diarrhea
Drug withdrawal

G Gastroenteritis, Gall bladder
disease/stones/obstruction/infection
U - Urinary tract obstruction (stone)infection (pyelo/cystitis)
T - Testicular Torsion/Toxin - Lead, black widow spider bite

P - Pneumonia/Pleurisy/Pancreatitis Perforated bowel/ulcer
Porphyuria
A - Abdominal aneurysm
IN - Infarcted bowel/Infarcted myocardium (AMI) Incarcerated
hernia Inflammatory bowel disease
S - Splenic rupture/infarction Sickle cell pain crisis
/sequestration crisis