Ectopic pregnancy: Using the hCG ratio to select women for expectant or medical management

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-272

  Kirk, Emma ^a   Van Calster, Ben ^b   Condous, George ^c   Papageorghiou, Aris T ^a   Gevaert, Olivier ^b   Van Huffel, Sabine ^b   De Moor, Bart ^b   Timmerman, Dirk ^d   Bourne, Tom ^d,e  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; expectant management; methotrexate; serum human chorionic gonadotrophin; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952020663     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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