Military medicine
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Acute appendicitis is the most common nonobstetrical surgical condition of the abdomen complicating pregnancy. Appendectomy reportedly is performed during pregnancy once for every 1,500 deliveries. Although the incidence of appendicitis occurring in pregnant women is considered to be the same as in nonpregnant women, the signs and symptoms, and the laboratory findings usually associated with appendicitis in the nonpregnant condition, are frequently unreliable during pregnancy. ⋯ The only consistent finding in all pregnant patients who underwent appendectomy was right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Presenting signs and symptoms, clinical evaluations, laboratory findings, and surgical management is discussed. No morbidity or mortality occurred during this study.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of discharge diagnoses and inpatient procedures between military and civilian health care systems.
Our goal was to compare the demographics and discharge diagnoses between civilian and military health care systems. ⋯ The practice content of military and civilian inpatients appear to be more similar than different.