GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY
Background: Pregnant patients are most important patients as their health can affect not only one life but two lives together. During pregnancy, 0.2% to 1.0% of women required general surgery for non-obstetric problems. The aims and objectives of this study were to study the common causes of acut...
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| description | Background: Pregnant patients are most important patients as their health can affect not only
one life but two lives together. During pregnancy, 0.2% to 1.0% of women required general
surgery for non-obstetric problems. The aims and objectives of this study were to study the
common causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy and their management. Methods: Our study
of 200 pregnant patients presenting with non-obstetric general surgical emergencies over a
period of 5 years in a tertiary care hospital from the General surgical department of VSGH
Hospital,Ahmedabad,India from year 2015 to 2019. Results: The mean age of the patients was
27 ± 3.5 years with most of them being in the age group of 26- 30 years. Most commonly
affected in the second trimester. Acute appendicitis was the most common surgical emergency
in our study group accounting for (44%) of all the emergencies, followed by acute acalculous
cholecystitis(20%), acute pancreatitis(16%), cholelithiasis (12%), small bowel obstruction (4
%),trauma(4 %). Conclusion: Early detection and early management in pregnancy may
resulted in better outcomes for mother as well as her children. Therefore, early diagnosis and
oppropriate timely intervention would be sufficient to reduce overall implications in pregnant
patients during general surgical emergencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21ab120a2b3647939a42551218aa26c82022-12-22T04:08:29ZengB.J.Medical College Development Society, AhmedabadBJ Kines: National Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences2231-61402395-78592021-06-01131512GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCYDr. Harsh B. Vaidya0 Second Year Resident Doctor, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, AhmedabadBackground: Pregnant patients are most important patients as their health can affect not only one life but two lives together. During pregnancy, 0.2% to 1.0% of women required general surgery for non-obstetric problems. The aims and objectives of this study were to study the common causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy and their management. Methods: Our study of 200 pregnant patients presenting with non-obstetric general surgical emergencies over a period of 5 years in a tertiary care hospital from the General surgical department of VSGH Hospital,Ahmedabad,India from year 2015 to 2019. Results: The mean age of the patients was 27 ± 3.5 years with most of them being in the age group of 26- 30 years. Most commonly affected in the second trimester. Acute appendicitis was the most common surgical emergency in our study group accounting for (44%) of all the emergencies, followed by acute acalculous cholecystitis(20%), acute pancreatitis(16%), cholelithiasis (12%), small bowel obstruction (4 %),trauma(4 %). Conclusion: Early detection and early management in pregnancy may resulted in better outcomes for mother as well as her children. Therefore, early diagnosis and oppropriate timely intervention would be sufficient to reduce overall implications in pregnant patients during general surgical emergencies.http://bjkines.com/vol13(1)june2021/paper1j21.pdfpregnancynon-obstetrical surgical emergencies |
| spellingShingle | Dr. Harsh B. Vaidya GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY BJ Kines: National Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences pregnancy non-obstetrical surgical emergencies |
| title | GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY |
| title_full | GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY |
| title_fullStr | GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY |
| title_full_unstemmed | GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY |
| title_short | GENERAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY |
| title_sort | general surgical emergencies during pregnancy |
| topic | pregnancy non-obstetrical surgical emergencies |
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