Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy

Goran Augustin graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2000 and gained his MSc and PhD from the University of Zagreb in 2004 and 2011, respectively. Following his graduation, he undertook a residency in General Surgery at the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb and subsequently qualified in General Surgery in 2006 and in the subspecialty of Abdominal Surgery in 2010. He is currently Consultant Abdominal Surgeon at the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb and Senior Assistant to Chair of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. Dr. Augustin has served as both Treasurer and Secretary of the Croatian Society of Surgery. In 2009 he won the “Ante Šercer” Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia for the best scientific article in Croatia. To date, he has published more than 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Surgery: Acute appendicitis.- Acute biliary tract diseases.- Acute pancreatitis.- Non-traumatic gastroduodenal perforations.- Incarcerated abdominal wall hernias.- Symptomatic diaphragmatic hernia.- Intestinal obstruction.- Acute inflammatory bowel disease.- Splenic rupture.- Abdominal trauma.- Miscellaneous conditions.- Gynecology: General considerations.- Adnexal torsion.- (Isolated) torsion of fallopian tube.- Hemorrhagic functional ovarian cysts.- Pelvic inflammatory disease and tubo-ovarian abscess.- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy.- Torsion of the gravid uterus.- Spontaneous uterine rupture.- Degenerating uterine myomas.- Ruptured endometriotic cyst.- Gynecologic postpartum abdominal pain.

"This book contains most of the information needed to address the problem of acute abdomen in pregnancy and brings state of the art principles and practice of emergency, abdominal surgery, obstetrics, gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine. The book should prompt clinicians, primarily surgeons and obstetricians to make faster and more precise diagnosis, earlier surgical interventions with the optimal outcome for the mother and child, by a multidisciplinary approach." (Translation into English; Original review: Prof. Dr. Tomislav Luetic, Lijec Vjesn, Vol. 137 (5-6), May-June, 2015)
"This book provides a detailed description of the various clinical scenarios in which we encounter acute abdominal conditions in pregnant patients. ... This is an excellent resource for practicing acute care surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists who are most likely to encounter these patients. It also is a very useful resource for general practitioners, since they frequently are the first healthcare professionals who encounter pregnant patients with these conditions." (Prashant Khullar, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2015)