Utility of magnetic resonance imaging for suspected appendicitis in pregnant women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 345.e1-345.e6

  Theilen, Lauren H ^a   Mellnick, Vincent M ^b   Longman, Ryan E ^a   Tuuli, Methodius G ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a   MacOnes, George A ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GASTROENTERITIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TORSION; PANCREATITIS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MYOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924664058     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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