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Explains the diagnostic and therapeutic principles for all causes of acute abdomen during pregnancy
Provides an update on recommendations, guidelines and scenarios to help clinicians make correct and prompt diagnostic and therapeutic decisions
Presents different imaging modalities to detect acute abdomen pathologies during pregnancy, focusing especially on the detection of rare pathologies
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Abdominal trauma
- Appendicitis
- Cholecystitis
- Intestinal obstruction
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcer
- Abdominal wall hernia
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Splenic rupture
- Ovarian mass
- Adnexal torsion
- Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
- Spontaneous uterine rupture
- Fallopian tube torsion
- Uterine myomas
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Intra-abdominal pressure
- Torsion of the Gravid Uterus
- abdominal surgery
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Augustin
About the author
Goran Augustin graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2000 and gained his MSc and PhD from the same university in 2004 and 2011 respectively. Following his graduation, he undertook a residency in general surgery at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb and subsequently qualified in General Surgery in 2006 and in the subspecialty of Abdominal Surgery in 2010. He is currently Consultant Abdominal Surgeon at the Division of Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb and Assistant Professor at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine’s Chair of Surgery. Dr. Augustin has served as both treasurer and secretary of the Croatian Society of Surgery and is national representative for the World Society of Emergency Surgery. In 2009 he won Croatia’s Academy of Medical Sciences “Ante Šercer” award for the best scientific article in Croatia. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he is author of several books and book chapters. He currently serves on the editorial boards of three peer-reviewed journals, Medicine being one of them.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy
Authors: Goran Augustin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72995-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10298-2Published: 15 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72995-4Published: 14 September 2018
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXXI, 840
Number of Illustrations: 205 b/w illustrations, 197 illustrations in colour
Topics: Abdominal Surgery, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine