Reasons for Undesirable Pregnancy Outcomes among Women with Appendicitis: The Experience of a Tertiary Center

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of categorical variables.

Variables		Number (percent)
Pregnancy	1	37 (47.4%)
	2	29 (37.2%)
	3	5 (6.4%)
	4	5 (6.4%)
	5	1 (1.3%)
	8	1 (1.3%)
Total number of pregnancies	1	25 (32.1%)
	2	33 (42.3%)
	3	10 (12.8%)
	4	5 (6.4%)
	5	3 (3.8%)
	6	1 (1.3%)
	8	1 (1.3%)
Multiple pregnancy	Single	74 (94.9%)
	Twin	3 (3.8%)
	Triplet	1 (1.3%)
Nausea	No	48 (61.5%)
	Yes	30 (38.5%)
Vomiting	No	52 (66.7%)
	Yes	26 (33.3%)
Abdominal pain	Yes	78 (100%)
Hospital admission time interval	1 day	59 (75.6%)
	2 days	13 (16.7%)
	3 days	6 (7.7%)
USG	None	1 (1.3%)
	Yes	77 (98.7%)
MRI	None	56 (71.8%)
	Yes	22 (28.2%)
	Total	78 (100%)
DUSG	Negative	22 (28,2%)
	Positive	56 (71.8%)
DMR	Negative	10 (45.5%)
	Positive	12 (54.5%)
Type of surgery	Open	41 (52.6%)
	Laparoscopic	37 (47.4%)
	Total	78 (100%)
Type of anesthesia	General	64 (82.1%)
	Spinal	14 (17.9%)
Complication	None	76 (97.4%)
	Headache due to spinal	1 (1.3%)
	Surgical site infection	1 (1.3%)
Birth	Term	64 (82.1%)
	Preterm	10 (12.8%)
	Abortus	4 (5.1%)

Abdominal ultrasonography; magnetic resonance imaging; diagnostic ultrasonography; diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging.