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Review
Emergency general surgery in pregnancy
  1. Jeffrey J Skubic,
  2. Ali Salim
  1. Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to Ali Salim, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; asalim1{at}bwh.harvard.edu

Abstract

It is often that the acute care surgeon will be called on to evaluate the pregnant patient with abdominal pain. Most of the diagnostic and management decisions regarding pregnant patients will follow the usual tenets of surgery; however, there are important differences in the pregnant patient to be aware of to avoid pitfalls which can lead to complications for both mother and fetus. This review hopes to describe the most common emergencies facing the surgeon caring for the pregnant patient and the latest management options.

  • pregnancy
  • emergency general surgery
  • pregnant
  • emergency surgery

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https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000125

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JJS and AS wrote and reviewed the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.