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Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnant Patients: Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging

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Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging

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Abstract

Challenges often arise when choosing imaging for pregnant women with acute abdominal and pelvis symptoms. Efficient, accurate, and safe ways to make a diagnosis are key in this patient population; cross-sectional imaging with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging play key roles, along with judicious use of computed tomography, when warranted. A review of current evidence, including levels of available published evidence, will be reviewed in detail for commonly encountered conditions occurring during pregnancy. This will include both obstetric and gynecologic abnormalities and other, often unrelated, abdominal and pelvis pathologies.

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Abbreviations

ACOG:

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

ACR:

American College of Radiology

ALARA:

As low as reasonably achievable

CT:

Computed tomography

LLQ:

Left lower quadrant

LUQ:

Left upper quadrant

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

NPV:

Negative predictive value

OB/GYN:

Obstetrics and gynecology

PPV:

Positive predictive value

RLQ:

Right lower quadrant

RUQ:

Right upper quadrant

SAR:

Specific absorption rate

SOGC:

Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

US:

Ultrasound

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  1. Department of Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Ania Z. Kielar

  2. Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Suzanne T. Chong

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Radiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Aine Kelly

  2. Department of Radiology, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Radiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Paul Cronin

  3. Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Stefan Puig

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA

    Kimberly E. Applegate

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Kielar, A.Z., Chong, S.T. (2018). Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnant Patients: Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging. In: Kelly, A., Cronin, P., Puig, S., Applegate, K. (eds) Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67066-9_26

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