Abdominal Pain Unit: standardised structured care for patients with atraumatic abdominal pain in the Emergency Department (APU)

Conditions

R10-R19 R10.0 R10.1 R10.2 R10.3 R10.4

Wagenknecht A, Verleger K, Möckel M, Stier B, Huscher D, Slagman A, Schenk L.

2026-06-19

10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115064

Management of non-traumatic abdominal pain in the emergency department: a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial.

Slagman A, Schenk L, Huscher D, Arnold L, Dormann H, Drepper J, Eienbröker L, Fischer-Rosinský A, Frick J, Helbig L, Horenkamp-Sonntag D, Irorutola F, Klinge T, Reinhold T, Schily P, Stier B, Verleger K, Wagenknecht A, Wu YN, Möckel M.

2025-06-262 citations

10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101362

The Abdominal Pain Unit (APU). Study protocol of a standardized and structured care pathway for patients with atraumatic abdominal pain in the emergency department: A stepped wedged cluster randomized controlled trial

Maria B. Altendorf, Martin Möckel, Liane Schenk, Antje Fischer-Rosinský, Johann Frick et al. (16 authors)

PLoS ONE2022-08-247 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0273115

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: Patients with atraumatic abdominal pain from the start of the APU intervention Group 2: Control group: Patients with atraumatic abdominal pain from the start of the projec

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with atraumatic abdominal pain and ability to give consent (by themselves or their caregivers)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Obvious trauma or accident as cause of abdominal pain

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Acute pain on leaving the emergency room, patient satisfaction, duration of emergency room care	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Process evaluation, Quality improvement, Health Economics	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMartin Möckel

Notfall- und Akutmedizin,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte und Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CCM/CVK) (C-Not)

martin.moeckel@charite.de+49 30 450 - 553472

Outcome results

None listed