Surgical management of acute right lower-quadrant pain in pregnancy: A prospective cohort study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Butala, Parag ^a   Greenstein, Alexander J ^a   Sur, Malini D ^a   Mehta, Nisha ^a   Sadot, Eran ^a   Divino, Celia M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; ABDOMINAL PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957222387     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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