TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of abdominal pain in older people: a quality improvement project in the emergency department JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 94 LP - 94 DO - 10.7861/fhj.9-2-s94 VL - 9 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Nur Nurmahomed AU - Robert Bickerton AU - Claire Bronze Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/Suppl_2/94.abstract N2 - The cause of acute abdominal pain can hold great uncertainty. In older people this is further complicated by co-existent disease, delays in presentation and physical/social barriers. With increased risk of serious and rapidly progressive pathology associated with a 6–8-fold increase in mortality in comparison to younger patients.1 At present, there is no defined pathway in the assessment of older patients with acute abdominal pain. This QIP aims to look at the assessment of older patients presenting with abdominal pain to St Mary's Hospital London emergency department.Older patients over the age of 70 years presenting with abdominal … ER -