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INDEX Note: Pages followed by f indicate figures; pages followed by t indicate tables Those followed by e indicate for web chapters A Abacavir, 453 , 456 Abdomen, 87 , 89 –90 , 93 Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), 93 Abdominal cramping, 536 Abdominal distention causes, 89 t, 90 life-threatening, 89 t differential diagnosis, 87 –90 , 88 t evaluation and decision history, 90 laboratory, 90 , 93 management, 93 physical examination, 90 , 91 f–92 f intestinal gas causing, 89 signs of, 87 toxic megacolon and, 87 tympanitic, 87 Abdominal emergencies, 1290 –1312 abdominal wall defects, 1310 –1312 epiploceles (epigastric hernias), 1310 hydroceles, 1310 inguinal hernia, 1310 omphalomesenteric duct remnants, 1310 –1311 , 1311 f peritonitis, 1303 f prior abdominal surgery, 1303 f umbilical hernias, 1310 urachus persists, after birth, 1311 –1312 appendicitis