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Ectopic pregnancy

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GuidelinesEctopic PregnancyDescription General measures Medicine treatment Referral O00.0-2/O00.8-9 DESCRIPTION Pregnancy outside the uterus, usually presenting with the combination of: amenorrhoea (missed menstrual period) sudden lower abdominal pain/ pelvic pain vaginal bleeding (os closed) dizziness shock anaemia urine pregnancy test usually positive shoulder tip pain Note: Consider ectopic pregnancy in young women who
GuidelinesMedical Management of Ectopic PregnancyGeneral measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: O00.0-2/O00.8-9 GENERAL MEASURES Ruptured or suspected rupture of an ectopic pregnancy should be managed with urgent resuscitation and surgery. There must be certainty that there is no viable intra-uterine pregnancy. The discriminatory zone is the β-hCG level above which an ultrasound is likely to visualise a gestational sac within t