Latest Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Appendicitis During Pregnancy

Pregnancy can obscure signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis, making diagnosis challenging. Furthermore, avoiding radiation-based imaging due to fetal risk limits the diagnostic options clinicians have. Once appendicitis has been diagnosed, performing appendectomies has been the more commonly acce...

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Autores principales: Lotfipour, Shahram, Jason, Max, Liu, Vincent J., Helmy, Mohammad, Hoonpongsimanont, Wirachin, McCoy, C. Eric, Chakravarthy, Bharath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849258
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36218
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author Lotfipour, Shahram
Jason, Max
Liu, Vincent J.
Helmy, Mohammad
Hoonpongsimanont, Wirachin
McCoy, C. Eric
Chakravarthy, Bharath
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description Pregnancy can obscure signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis, making diagnosis challenging. Furthermore, avoiding radiation-based imaging due to fetal risk limits the diagnostic options clinicians have. Once appendicitis has been diagnosed, performing appendectomies has been the more commonly accepted course of action, but conservative, nonsurgical approaches are now being considered. This report describes the latest recommendations from different fields and organizations for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis during pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-59651062018-05-30 Latest Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Appendicitis During Pregnancy Lotfipour, Shahram Jason, Max Liu, Vincent J. Helmy, Mohammad Hoonpongsimanont, Wirachin McCoy, C. Eric Chakravarthy, Bharath Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Pregnancy can obscure signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis, making diagnosis challenging. Furthermore, avoiding radiation-based imaging due to fetal risk limits the diagnostic options clinicians have. Once appendicitis has been diagnosed, performing appendectomies has been the more commonly accepted course of action, but conservative, nonsurgical approaches are now being considered. This report describes the latest recommendations from different fields and organizations for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis during pregnancy. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5965106/ /pubmed/29849258 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36218 Text en © 2018 Lotfipour et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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