Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy; a Case Study
Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints during pregnancy, which is constantly debated due to its numerous differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis is the most common problem requiring surgery during pregnancy and has a prevalence of 1 in 1500 pregnant women. Existing studies have decla...
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doaj-c48ad44e77fa4c21953657a4acd8f4202020-11-25T03:56:14ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciencesطب اورژانس ایران2383-36452016-10-01341591627672Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy; a Case StudyFateme Mohammadi0Reza Mosaddegh1Samira Vaziri2Azam Fattahi3Nasim Vafaei4Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Research Center of Pediatric Infection Disease, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Gynecology & Obstetric Department, Firouzgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints during pregnancy, which is constantly debated due to its numerous differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis is the most common problem requiring surgery during pregnancy and has a prevalence of 1 in 1500 pregnant women. Existing studies have declared that acute appendicitis during pregnancy is diagnosed with delay in 30 - 35% of cases. This can have severe side effects and may even lead to death of the mother or fetus. Strong clinical suspicion of the physician in addition to taking proper advanced paraclinical measures can reduce errors in this regard. To emphasize the importance of this subject, we have reported a case of appendicitis during pregnancy.http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/en-iranjem/article/view/14425 |
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Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy; a Case Study |
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Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy; a Case Study |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
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طب اورژانس ایران |
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2016-10-01 |
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Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints during pregnancy, which is constantly debated due to its numerous differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis is the most common problem requiring surgery during pregnancy and has a prevalence of 1 in 1500 pregnant women. Existing studies have declared that acute appendicitis during pregnancy is diagnosed with delay in 30 - 35% of cases. This can have severe side effects and may even lead to death of the mother or fetus. Strong clinical suspicion of the physician in addition to taking proper advanced paraclinical measures can reduce errors in this regard. To emphasize the importance of this subject, we have reported a case of appendicitis during pregnancy. |
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