title: Abdominal pain in pregnancy.
abstract: In many respects abdominal pain in pregnancy is managed just as in a nonpregnant patient, but the diagnostic criteria, methods of diagnosis, therapy, and consequences of mismanagement differ. This article discusses appendicitis, cholecystitis, urolithiasis, pancreatitis, and intestinal obstruction--conditions that often manifest a similar clinical picture. The article presents epidemiologic data, distinguishing characteristics, modifications of the workup, and treatment appropriate to pregnancy and perinatal complications of each condition.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology