Presence of a yolk sac on transvaginal sonography is the most reliable predictor of single-dose methotrexate treatment failure in ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 591-598

  Bixby, Sarah ^a,b   Tello, Richard ^a   Kuligowska, Ewa ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Methotrexate; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS;

FETAL HEART MOTION; PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PROBABILITY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RUPTURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUME; YOLK SAC;

EID: 17744365394     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.5.591     Document Type: Article

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