"Pregnancy, Ectopic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D011271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.733
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| Concept/Terms |
Pregnancy, Ectopic- Pregnancy, Ectopic
- Ectopic Pregnancies
- Pregnancies, Ectopic
- Pregnancy, Extrauterine
- Extrauterine Pregnancies
- Extrauterine Pregnancy
- Pregnancies, Extrauterine
- Ectopic Pregnancy
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| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnancy, Ectopic" by people in Profiles.
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Facilitates Management of Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 May 01; 37(5):282-285.
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Chemotherapy in the Emergency Department? There Is a Role for That: Methotrexate for Ectopic Pregnancy. Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2017 Jan/Mar; 39(1):18-25.
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Reply: To PMID 24704060. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jan; 212(1):119-20.
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Cervical pregnancy: 13 cases treated with suction curettage and balloon tamponade. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun; 210(6):581.e1-5.
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Hysteroscopy and suction evacuation of cesarean scar pregnancies: a case report and review. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2014 Mar; 40(3):853-7.
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An alternative monitoring protocol for single-dose methotrexate therapy in ectopic pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb; 202(2):139.e1-6.
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Ovarian ectopic pregnancy 6 years after supracervical cesarean hysterectomy: a case report. J Reprod Med. 2009 Oct; 54(10):649-51.
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Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy: a review and insight into etiology and prevention. Fertil Steril. 2010 Jul; 94(2):431-5.
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Effects of smoking during pregnancy. Five meta-analyses. Am J Prev Med. 1999 Apr; 16(3):208-15.
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Early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and treatment with methotrexate. J S C Med Assoc. 1999 Feb; 95(2):59-63.