Diagnosis of appendicitis during pregnancy and perinatal outcome in the late pregnancy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 521-524

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhao, Yang Yu ^a   Qiao, Jie ^a   Ye, Rong Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Perinatal outcome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSURIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEWBORN DEATH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; APPENDICITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649119631     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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