STUDY QUESTION How does long-term reproductive prognosis among women whose first pregnancy is ectopic differ from prognosis in women with other initial pregnancy outcomes? SUMMARY ANSWER Women with a first recorded ectopic pregnancy (EP) have a significantly lower long-term delivery rate and a manifold increased risk of further EPs. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Women with a first EP have an increa...

BACKGROUND Although rare, cervical ectopic pregnancy (EP) represents a potentially lethal variation of a common first-trimester disease entity. CASE REPORT We report a case of low abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding diagnosed as a cervical EP by point-of-care ultrasound. CONCLUSION Familiarity with cervical EP and its sonographic appearance is essential for emergency physicians because it c...

ectopic pregnancy (ep) and miscarriage are important differential diagnosis of first trimester vaginal bleeding. in first trimester, serum progesterone value can be 5-20 ng/ml in ep and miscarriage. since delay in diagnosis of ep could have high mortality and morbidity, the aim of this study was comparison of serum progesterone value in ep and miscarriage in order to differentiate these conditi...

objective: to evaluate the plasma creatine phosphokinase (cpk) level after injection of methotrexate (mtx) as a predictor of treatment success in ectopic pregnancy (ep). materials and methods: one hundred women treated with single dose of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy were evaluated in a prospective study, for cpk and ß-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (ß-hcg) levels. they received ...

Background Establishment of viable pregnancy requires embryo implantation and placentation. Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a pregnancy complication which occurs when an embryo implants outside of the uterine cavity, most often in a fallopian tube. On the other hand, an important aspect of successful implantation is angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent angiogenic factor...

background: establishment of viable pregnancy requires embryo implantation and placentation. ectopic pregnancy (ep) is a pregnancy complication which occurs when an embryo implants outside of the uterine cavity, most often in a fallopian tube. on the other hand, an important aspect of successful implantation is angiogenesis. vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is a potent angiogenic facto...

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is difficult to diagnose early and accurately. Women often present at emergency departments in early pregnancy with a 'pregnancy of unknown location' (PUL), and diagnosis and exclusion of EP is challenging due to a lack of reliable biomarkers. The objective of this study was to identify novel diagnostic biomarkers for EP. Shotgun proteomics, incorporating combinatorial-li...

This paper is based onfour publications on a populntion-based case-contol study in I I cities in Indonesia in 1989/1990 to assess the rtsk of ectopic pregnancy (EP) associated with gyneco confrmed. Each case was matched by one pregna pre7nant controls, current I(JD use decreased the p IUD use for > 3 years increased the probabilities [adjusted odds ra with pregrni controls, history of pr)vious ...

Ectopic pregnancy remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality in women of childbearing age and its incidence continues to increase worldwide.1-4 The number of ultrasound examinations performed to exclude potential ectopic pregnancies, to determine the location and type of ectopic pregnancy, and to plan the appropriate therapy has also increased.5 Despite advances in both diagnosis and the...

conclusions single dose therapy of mtx has sufficient power and efficacy in the treatment of ectopic pregnancy, however in patients with higher serum level of β-hcg, the successful treatment increases by using double dose method. using double dose also could decrease the necessity of operation, re-administration of mtx, and duration of hospitalization. results results showed that the rate of su...