Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy a population-based cohort study from england

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 332-337

  Zingone, Fabiana ^a,b   Sultan, Alyshah Abdul ^a   Humes, David James ^a   West, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Antepartum; Incidence; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ENGLAND; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926686641     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000780     Document Type: Article

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