Anne Arundel Medical Center

A rare guest in the hernia sac: Preoperatively diagnosed Amyand’s hernia with gangrenous appendicitis

Amyand’s hernia is a rare clinical entity defined by the presence of the vermiform appendix within an inguinal hernia sac, with acute appendicitis occurring in this setting being exceptionally uncommon. We report the case of a 57-year-old male who presented with pain in a known r...

Hospital-Based Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review

Background: Learning from promising maternal health interventions is limited by the lack of standardized outcome measures needed for their evaluation. We describe the development and utilization of Maryland’s severe maternal morbidity (SMM) surveillance by the Maryland Maternal H...