Results of computed tomography in family practitioners' patients with non-acute abdominal pain.

Objectives: The utility of abdominal computerized tomography (CT) for evaluating abdominal pain in non-emergency, primary care outpatients is unknown. Family practice patients commonly report abdominal pain.

Methods: We reviewed the records of health maintenance organization primary care outpatients <2 years after they had undergone CT for abdominal pain and assessed demographic variables, clinical and laboratory data, CT findings and final diagnoses.