The Clinical Pearl of Abdominal Pain

Akin: The limited accuracy of a c b c for acute bleeding. When someone bleeds, nothing dilutes the hemoglobin that's left in their system until they get ivy fluids or p o fluids. Akin: You have to ask about every single thing for pain, both over the counter and prescription, to get an adequate history. He says when you're faced with a patient with abdominal pain, you need to really attend to the time course of the pain.