Early abdominal ectopic pregnancies: A systematic review of the literature

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-260

  Poole, Aaron ^a   Haas, David ^b   Magann, Everett F ^c  

^a Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal ectopic pregnancy; Abdominal pregnancies, literature review; Ectopic pregnancies; Ectopic pregnancy outcomes; Maternal mortality; Pathophysiology; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LIVER; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SEROSA; SPLEEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADNEXA UTERI; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERITONEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; UTERUS;

EID: 84871614535     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342997     Document Type: Review

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