THE MOBILE PHONE AS A TOOL IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NONSPECIFIC ABDOMINAL PAIN.

The article describes cases of 100 emergency admissions for abdominal pain. Of these, 13 female patients less than 35 years who are actively using mobile phones during consultant-led ward rounds were likely to have been found without underlying pathological cause for their non-specific abdominal pain (NSAP) and did not require surgical intervention. It also discusses clinical diagnosis' 68%-92% predictive yield with no significant improvement using additional diagnostic tools like laparoscopy.