Utility of ultrasound for evaluating the appendix during the second and third trimester of pregnancy

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-299

  Lehnert, Bruce E ^a   Gross, Joel A ^a   Linnau, Ken F ^a   Moshiri, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865107400     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-012-1029-0     Document Type: Review

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