Appendicitis in pregnancy: Diagnosis, management and complications

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 758-762

  Andersen, Bent ^a,b   Nielsen, Thorkild F ^a  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appendicitis; Complications; Diagnosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0032850776     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780903.x     Document Type: Article

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