Originally published by our sister publication General Surgery News
NEW YORK —You get a call from the emergency department, which has admitted a 26-year-old woman presenting with symptoms consistent with acute appendicitis: fever, nausea and abdominal pain. She also has a positive test for pregnancy.
“I think everyone’s heart rate just went up a little,” said Chavi Eve Karkowsky, MD, the medical director of outpatient obstetrics and an associate professor in the Department