PATIENTS WITH A RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT ABDOMINAL PAIN

Goals in the Management

In any patient with a chief complaint of a right lower quadrant abdominal (RLQ) pain, the primary health care physician must be able to

RESOLVE THE RLQ ABDOMINAL PAIN

in such a way that the patient does not end up

DEAD

WITH ANY KIND OF COMPLICATION AND DISABILITY

and in such a manner that the patient

IS SATISFIED

DOES NOT FILE A COMPLAINT, MORE SO, A MALPRACTICE SUIT.

Management must be

RATIONALE

EFFECTIVE

EFFICIENT, and

HUMANE

and must consist of the four functions of

RAPPORT

DIAGNOSIS

TREATMENT, and

ADVICE