Background: Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a common condition which presents a major health problem for women of childbearing age. This study aims to analyze and identify risk factors that have the potential for EP and evaluating the contribution of the risk factors associated EP. Materials and Methods: In this case control study, performed from 2006 to 2011 at Arash hospital, the casepatients were ...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy (EP) occurs in 1-2% of pregnancies, but is over-represented as a leading cause of maternal death in early pregnancy. It remains a challenge to diagnose early and accurately. Women often present in early pregnancy with a 'pregnancy of unknown location' (PUL) and the diagnosis and exclusion of EP is difficult due to a lack of reliable biomarkers. A serum biomarker abl...

Cervical ectopic pregnancy (EP) is an infrequent, life-threatening form of ectopic gestation pregnancy that implants within the endocervical canal. With the increase in use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) worldwide and more liberal use of transvaginal sonography (TVS) during early pregnancy, more cases of cervical ectopic pregnancy are being diagnosed. Early diagnosis of this conditio...

Introduction The most important way to reduce maternal mortality and preserve fertility related to EP is the diagnosis and early treatment. Transvaginal pelvic US is the first diagnostic tool in hemodinamically stable patients with suspected EP. Recently studies have shown that in 73, 9% of the cases it is possible to make a diagnosis by transvaginal US and in 94% of the cases EP is diagnosed e...

Introduction Ectopic pregnancy is characterized by implantation of an embryo outside the uterine cavity and usually is located in the distal portion of the fallopian tube. The common triade of symptoms includes: abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding and amenorrhea. The ectopic pregnancy is still considered an important cause of death in the first trimester of pregnancy, for this reason a rapid and a...

Pak J Med Sci 2015 Vol. 31 No. 3 www.pjms.com.pk 745 We read with great interest the article “Can mean platelet volume and platelet distrubition width be possible markers for ectopic pregnancy and tubal rupture?” by Ulkumen et al. in Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.1 We appreciate the authors for their study. We wanted to contribute to this study as it was related to our article: “The effi...

Background: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) form the major family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) which are involved in the innate immunity. They recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) in bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. In human, 10 members of this family have been identified so far. Among these TLRs, TLR3, 7, 8 and 9 designed to recognize nucleic acids and expresse...

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) refers to blastocyst implantation outside the uterine endometrium. EP is major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Treatment options include surgery, medical therapy with methotrexate, or expectant management. Methotrexate primary regimen used in cases early, unruptured ectopic pregnancies. Most side effects methotrexate are minor, including nausea, vomiting, abdom...

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) remains a considerable cause of morbidity and occasional mortality. Currently, there is no reliable test to differentiate ectopic from intrauterine gestation. We have previously used array technology to demonstrate that differences in gene expression in decidualized endometrium from women with ectopic and intrauterine gestations could be used to identify candidate diagnos...