BCE 68 Ectopic Pregnancy Pitfalls in Diagnosis From Emergency Medicine Cases

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Posted on December 29, 2020 by Tom Wade MD

Today I reviewed BCE 68 Ectopic Pregnancy Pitfalls in Diagnosis [Link is to podcast and show notes], June, 2018, from Emergency Medicine Cases.

The most important takeaway for me is that every woman of reproductive age who has abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding requires a serum beta-HCG. The authors suggest that a urine beta-HCG can be falsely negative.

Also, every woman with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding and a positive serum beta-HCG requires an abdominal and/or transvaginal ultrasound.

If a normal intrauterine pregnancy is not seen on ultrasound, ectopic pregnancy must be considered and ruled out.

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