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Acute abdomen and abdominal pain in pregnancy

Usha Nairf1

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Abdominal pain in pregnancy continues to pose a diagnostic and management challenge to the attending obstetrician. Many causes are specific to pregnancy but conditions affecting the non-pregnant woman can also complicate pregnancy. Identifying the cause is influenced by the anatomical and physiological changes of pregnancy. There will be a reluctance to employ abdominal X-rays and laparotomy but these reservations have to be re-evaluated when symptoms fail to settle.

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield, UK

f1 Correspondence to: UN. Tel.: 01623 622 515

PII: S0957-5847(03)90302-7

doi:10.1054/cuog.2003.0302


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