Abdominal pain in pregnancy
Ellsbury, K.E.
Journal of Family Practice 22(4): 365-371
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 3958684 Document Number: 280062
In many respects abdominal pain in pregnancy is managed just as in a nonpregnant patient, but the diagnostic criteria, methods of diagnosis, therapy, and consequences of mismanagement differ. This article discusses appendicitis, cholecystitis, urolithiasis, pancreatitis, and intestinal obstruction--conditions that often manifest a similar clinical picture. The article presents epidemiologic data, distinguishing characteristics, modifications of the workup, and treatment appropriate to pregnancy and perinatal complications of each condition.