Endometrial stripe thickness in tubal and intrauterine pregnancies.
Fertil Steril
; 74(5): 889-91, 2000 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-11056228
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate endometrial stripe thickness (EST) among patients with tubal pregnancy (TP) and intrauterine pregnancy (IUP). DESIGN: Historical cohort. SETTING: City hospital. PATIENT(S): Ninety-four women suspected to have TP. INTERVENTION(S): Serum betaHCG and sonographic EST measurements. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Comparison of age, gestational age (GA), EST, and log beta HCG. RESULT(S): The two groups of women, 65 with TP and 29 with IUP, had similar mean ages (+/-SD) of 28.6 +/- 5.7 and 28.6 +/- 6.1, respectively. The median values of GA in the 2 groups were similar, 46.6 and 44.6 d, respectively. The mean values for EST (+/-SD), adjusted for GA, were significantly different: 9.9 +/- 5.9 mm in the TP group and 12.6 +/- 5.3 mm in the IUP group. The mean values (+/-SD) of log beta HCG in the 2 groups also differed significantly: 6.90 +/- 1.29 and 7.52 +/- 0.97, respectively. No correlation was found between EST and GA or log beta HCG within either group. CONCLUSION(S): The mean EST in women with TP was significantly smaller than in women with IUP. The wide range of EST values and their overlap precludes the utilization of EST as a single feature in the diagnosis of a tubal pregnancy.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Embarazo Ectópico
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Embarazo
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Ultrasonografía Prenatal
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Endometrio
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fertil Steril
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos