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SM Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology

Evaluation and Management of Abdominal Pain in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Review of Literature

[ ISSN : 2473-0661 ]

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Received: 05-Sep-2017

Accepted: 26-Sep-2017

Published: 29-Sep-2017

Review Article | Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Article DOI :

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Jesús Morales Maza¹*, Mauricio Zúñiga Zamora², Misael Silva González², Ludivina Cortés Martínez³, Sonia R Cortés Vázquez², Cristian B Castro Jadan² and Omar Vieyra Valdez²

¹Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
²Department of Surgery, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Mexico
³Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Angeles Lomas, Mexico

Corresponding Author:

Jesús Morales Maza, Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Vasco de Quiroga No.15, Belisario Domínguez, C.P.14080 Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel: +01 (55) 6165-0326; Email: medcardiouv@hotmail.com

Keywords

Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection; Abdominal pain; Opportunistic infection

Abstract

Abdominal pain is one of the main symptoms evaluated in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. This population is special because the differential diagnosis is broad and the clinical presentation is usually atypical. This article will review general information on the evaluation and management of abdominal pain in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

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Morales MJ, Zúñiga ZM, Silva GM, Cortés ML, Cortés VSR, Castro JCB, et al. Evaluation and Management of Abdominal Pain in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Review of Literature. SM J Public Health Epidemiol. 2017; 3(2): 1042.