Military Medicine

Red flags useful to screen for gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases in patients with shoulder pain: A scoping review

“…Fifty‐eight patients reported comorbidities such as hepato‐gastric diseases, including liver cirrhosis (Delaporte, 2010; Joske, 1978; Seyama et al., 2006), hiatal hernia (Valenzuela et al., 1989), gastroesophageal reflux (Valenzuela et al., 1989) and dysphagia (Delaporte, 2010; Moisset et al., 2013; Valenzuela et al., 1989); cardiac diseases, including angina, hypertension, and myocardial infarctions (Abu‐khalaf et al., 2015; Dartevel et al., 2015; Henderson & Péloquin, 1989; Seyama et al., 2006; Wang et al., 2016); respiratory diseases such as asthma (Sergent et al., 2015); visceral diseases including splenomegaly, Crohn's disease, previous cholecystectomy, and irritable bowel syndrome (Dartevel et al., 2015; Joske, 1978; Sefa et al., 2016; Seyama et al., 2006; Valero et al., 1985); and systemic diseases such as Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) positive, haemophilia, neurological amyotrophy and diabetes (Caldicott et al., 2004; Dartevel et al., 2015; Park et al., 2010; Seyama et al., 2006).…”

“…Most of the authors (Caldicott et al., 2004; Castaño Yubero et al., 2007; Delaporte, 2010; Galloway, 1935; Kwok, 2019; Molina & Hernandez, 2003; Park et al., 2010; Pineda et al., 2013; Sefa et al., 2016; Sergent et al., 2015; Seyama et al., 2006; Valenzuela et al., 1989; Wang et al., 2016; Weinke et al., 1989; Çoban et al., 2004) have considered a CT scan to be the gold standard for the diagnosis of liver and gastrointestinal diseases. Laboratory tests have shown to be as important as imaging in the diagnosis of these kinds of diseases.…”