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This study aimed to evaluate the effect of enemas in the\n                    emergency department on symptom relief and inpatient admission rates in patients\n                    with pediatric acute abdominal pain, including adverse events.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Materials and MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 1,723 pediatric acute\n                    abdominal pain patients aged 3\u201317 years presenting to the emergency department\n                    of our tertiary pediatric surgery center from 2018 to 2019. The clinical course,\n                    the rate of inpatient admission, the rate of surgical intervention, and final\n                    diagnosis were assessed in patients who did or did not receive an enema.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>ResultsSymptom relief and consecutive discharge from the emergency\n                    department were more frequent in the enema group (81% vs. 67% and\n                    p&lt;0.0001). Fewer patients in the enema-group were operated on (8% vs.\n                    13% and p=0.0003). The rate of revisits to the emergency department\n                    within 14 days, the rate of surgery after revisits, the rate of intraoperatively\n                    confirmed appendicitis, and the rate of patients admitted but managed\n                    conservatively did not differ between the two groups. No enema-related\n                    complication was recorded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>ConclusionsAdministering an enema to otherwise healthy children and\n                    adolescents with acute abdominal pain is safe. Administering enemas to pediatric\n                    acute abdominal pain patients may decrease the rate of inpatient admissions.\n                    Discharging patients in whom an enema-prompted bowel movement has led to the\n                    relief of symptoms does not lead to an increased rate of readmissions or\n                    surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2787-7685","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,13]],"date-time":"2026-03-13T23:44:01Z","timestamp":1773445441000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Acute Abdominal Pain in Children and Adolescents\u2014Can Enemas Reduce\n                    Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions?"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"given":"Benedikt","family":"Gro\u00df","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl\n                    Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden,\n                    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