Making the Diagnosis and Management
Age of Patient
Fetus
Newborn to 3 Months Old
Infant 3 Months to 2 Years Old
Child (>2 Years to 12 Years Old)
Adolescent (>12 to 19 Year Old)
Adult (>19 to 60 Years Old)
Geriatric (Greater than 60 years Old)
Management includes relief of pain and, as far as possible, allaying the patient’s anxiety.1
1. Ellis, Harold. General Surgery, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usuhs-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7104018.
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