Strategies for Older Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy
摘要
A 72-year-old woman with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation on warfarin and end-stage renal failure requiring hemodialysis presents with a worsening periumbilical bulge and severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Physical examination reveals a tender, discolored periumbilical swelling, concerning for a strangulated hernia.