RT Book, Section A1 Munro, Allana A1 George, Ronald B. A1 Vakharia, Narendra A2 Hung, Orlando R. A2 Murphy, Michael F. SR Print(0) ID 1146619746 T1 Appendicitis in Pregnancy T2 Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259640544 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146619746 RD 2024/10/13 AB A 20-year-old female, G1P0 at 17 weeks’ gestation, presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right sided abdominal pain. The pain began 10 hours ago accompanied by nausea and two episodes of vomiting. The patient is afebrile and has a blood pressure of 130/72 mm Hg. Her 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. After ultrasonography by an obstetrician, the cause of pain is felt not to be related to pregnancy. The general surgery service is consulted, and it is their opinion that the patient has appendicitis and will require a laparoscopic appendectomy.