A pregnant woman with a stomachache turned out to have a serious pregnancy complication that was missed during her previous ultrasound exams: The woman's 32-week-old fetus was growing within her ...

THE experiences of the Boston Lying-in Hospital with acute surgical emergencies from 1916 to 1939 have been reported. § Because of the subsequent introduction of newer methods of therapy and in order ...

Tracy came to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain, which is a common complaint. While there are many causes of abdominal pain, not all require emergent treatment, and many are not ...

A young woman, glad to be pregnant and eager for motherhood, was seemingly doing fine for several weeks. As menstruation had stopped, she was worried when she experienced blood loss from her vagina ...

For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilized egg implants somewhere ...

Acute porphyrias are rare genetic disorders that present with neurologic and systemic symptoms, including abdominal pain, hyponatremia and seizures. When porphyria is suspected, a urine screening ...

Plus, symptoms of an ectopic pregancy - when a baby grows outside the womb A WOMAN suffering from stomach cramps and bloating was shocked to the discovery she was actually pregnant with a 23-week old ...

Computed tomography (CT) scanning provides images of sections of the body (slices) using special X ray equipment and sophisticated computers. CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood ...