Quality of pain
Gradual, steady pain
acute cholecystitis,
acute cholangitis,
hepatic
abscess,
diverticulitis
Intermittent, colicky pain
small bowel obstruction,
inflammatory
bowel disease,
biliary colic
Abrupt, excruciating pain
perforated ulcer,
ruptured aneurysm,
ureteral colic
Rapid-onset, severe constant pain
acute pancreatitis,
ectopic pregnancy,
mesenteric ischemia,
strangulated bwoel,