TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 53. Appendicitis in Pregnancy A1 - Vakharia, Narendra A1 - George, Ronald B. A2 - Hung, Orlando A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2012 T2 - Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e AB - A 20-year-old woman, G1P0 at 17 weeks' gestation, presented to the emergency department (ED) 10 hours ago complaining of right-sided abdominal pain accompanied by nausea and two episodes of vomiting. She is afebrile at present, blood pressure is 130/72 mm Hg, heart rate is 86 beats per minute (bpm), and respiratory rate is 20 breaths per minute. She weighs 198 lb (90 kg) and is 5 ft 7 in (169 cm) in height, with a body mass index (BMI) of 31 kg·m−2. She admits to right-sided tenderness to palpation localized to the inguinal region. She underwent an ultrasound evaluation by an obstetrician who did not find any cause for the pain related to her pregnancy. The general surgery service was consulted, and it is their opinion that the patient has appendicitis and will require a laparoscopic appendectomy. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55872731 ER -