Letter to the Editor: Trends in Appendicitis Among Pregnant Women, the Risk for Cardiac Arrest, and Maternal-Fetal Mortality

Marwa A Jama¹, Giordano Perin², Saba P Balasubramanian^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster, UK. marwa.jama1@nhs.net.
² Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
³ Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Comment

Marwa A Jama et al. World J Surg. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;45(2):645-646.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05812-8. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Marwa A Jama¹, Giordano Perin², Saba P Balasubramanian^{2

3}

¹ Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster, UK. marwa.jama1@nhs.net.
² Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
³ Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

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Authors' Reply: Trends in Appendicitis Among Pregnant Women, the Risk for Cardiac Arrest, and Maternal-Fetal Mortality.
Dongarwar D, Salihu HM. Dongarwar D, et al. World J Surg. 2021 Feb;45(2):647-648. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05872-w. Epub 2020 Nov 25. World J Surg. 2021. PMID: 33241527 No abstract available.

Trends in Appendicitis Among Pregnant Women, the Risk for Cardiac Arrest, and Maternal-Fetal Mortality.
Dongarwar D, Taylor J, Ajewole V, Anene N, Omoyele O, Ogba C, Oluwatoba A, Giger D, Thuy A, Argueta E, Naik E, Salemi JL, Spooner K, Olaleye O, Salihu HM. Dongarwar D, et al. World J Surg. 2020 Dec;44(12):3999-4005. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05717-6. Epub 2020 Jul 31. World J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32737556 Free PMC article.

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