Difficulties in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnancy.
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This series of five cases of acute appendicitis during different stages of pregnancy highlights the difficulties surrounding the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnancy, especially during the late second and third trimesters. All these cases illustrate the need for a high index of suspicion so that laparotomy is performed at an early stage of the disease. Delay in management results in increased morbidity complications and prolonged hospital stay. (JPMA 35 280, 1985).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 35 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985