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Published on: October 24, 2017
Sonography in the management of symptomatic pregnancies of unknown location
11st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Cyril and Method University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia. drobny715@gmail.com
Objective:
To evaluate the management of pregnancy of unknown location in our conditions and to assess possibilities to improve on the performance of it.
Methods:
This was a retrospective study of a population of women classified as having PUL. Out- and inpatients were recruited. Their medical history, gynaecological examinations, transvaginal sonography and serum beta-hCG were carried out. Final outcome of each PUL was established.
Results:
Diagnostic models for variant courses of PUL were established. EPs after PUL were evaluated. The following sonagraphic findings were associated with EP after PUL: blob sign in 4 of 16 cases (25%), bagel sign in 1 case (6.25%), EP established by sonography in 2/16 cases (12.5%) and no valid sonographic structures in 9/16 cases (56.25%).
Conclusions:
Conditions for improvement the management of PUL are: implementation of PUL in the clinical practice, creation of EPU, improvent in the evaluation of serum beta-hCG levels and resolution of sonographic examination (Tab. 1, Fig. 1, Ref. 18).
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