In:
Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 63, No. 2 ( 2020-06), p. 364-369
Abstract:
A surgical disease occurring during pregnancy can present a diagnostic dilemma due to the desire to make a timely and accurate diagnosis within the constraints of limiting radiation exposure to the fetus. However, required diagnostic imaging should be pursued when indicated and attempts made to minimize the radiation dose by utilizing abdominal shielding and low-dose protocols when feasible. When surgery is indicated due to disease processes, treatment should not be altered or delayed due to pregnancy as the evidence for adverse pregnancy outcomes including early pregnancy loss and preterm delivery are overall of low quality due to substantial confounding by the disease process itself.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-9201
DOI:
10.1097/GRF.0000000000000525
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2047473-8
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