TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of Pregnant Patients Undergoing General Surgical Procedures
AU - Stewart, Melissa K.
AU - Terhune, Kyla P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Pregnant patients have a 0.2% to 0.75% chance of developing a medical condition that requires a general surgical intervention during pregnancy. To safely and appropriately care for patients, surgeons must be cognizant of the maternal physiologic changes in pregnancy as well as of the unique risk to both mothers and fetuses of diagnostic modalities, anesthetic care, operative intervention, and postoperative management. Surgeons can be assured that, if these risks are understood and considered, operating during pregnancy, even in the abdomen, can be safely undertaken.
AB - Pregnant patients have a 0.2% to 0.75% chance of developing a medical condition that requires a general surgical intervention during pregnancy. To safely and appropriately care for patients, surgeons must be cognizant of the maternal physiologic changes in pregnancy as well as of the unique risk to both mothers and fetuses of diagnostic modalities, anesthetic care, operative intervention, and postoperative management. Surgeons can be assured that, if these risks are understood and considered, operating during pregnancy, even in the abdomen, can be safely undertaken.
KW - Nonobstetric surgery
KW - Perioperative care
KW - Pregnancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925595700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.suc.2014.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.suc.2014.10.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25814116
AN - SCOPUS:84925595700
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 95
SP - 429
EP - 442
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -