Appendicitis in pregnancy: An ongoing diagnostic dilemma

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Brown, James J S ^a,c   Wilson, C ^a   Coleman, S ^b   Joypaul, B V ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Imaging; Laparotomy; Obstetric; Pregnancy; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58449111637     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01594.x     Document Type: Review

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