Table 1

Urgency classification of diagnoses

Urgent

Non-urgent

Acute appendicitis

Cholecystolithiasis

Acute diverticulitis

Obstipation

Perforated vicus

Gastrointestinal disorders^∥

Bowel obstruction/ileus

Hepatic disorders^¶

Bowel ischemia

Malignancy**

Inflammatory bowel disease

Gynaecological disorders^††

Peritonitis

Renal and urinary tract disorders^‡‡

Acute cholecystitis

Non-specific abdominal pain

Cholangitis

Pancreatitis (acute and chronic)

Abscess*

Renal and urinary tract disorders^†

Gynaecological disorders^‡

Extra-abdominal disorders^§

* Intra-abdominal abscess, retro-peritoneal abscess, hepatic abscess, tubo-ovarian abscess

^† Renal and ureteral stones with obstruction, hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis

^‡ Adnexal torsion, pelvic inflammatory disease, bleeding/rupture ovarian cyst

^§ Pneumonia, myocardial infarction, mediastinitis

^∥ Gastritis, gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer, acute epiploic appendagitis

^¶ Hepatitis, hepatic metastases

** Pancreatic, intestine and kidney malignancies

^†† Ovulation pain/bleeding, endometriosis, menstrual pain, uterine myoma

^‡‡ Renal and ureteral stones without obstruction, urinary tract infection

Laméris et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007 7:9   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-7-9