A sensitive urine pregnancy test as an aid in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.

Abstract:

:A highly sensitive 2-hour tube test for the detection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine was compared with the more resource-demanding radioimmunoassay for hCG in serum as an aid in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. In a first series of 107 patients with the possibility of ectopic pregnancy, the urine test was positive in 31 patients, including all 15 patients shown to have an ectopic pregnancy. In a second series of 113 consecutive patients with ectopic pregnancy, the highly sensitive test was performed in 94 patients. It was positive in 90 (96%). The median time of amenorrhea at diagnosis was 7 weeks, and only 15 patients suffered a rupture of the fallopian tube. A highly sensitive urinary test for hCG is recommended as a screening method for patients giving even the smallest indication of ectopic pregnancy.

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Nordenskjöld F,Ahlgren M,Erreth L,Hultberg B

doi

10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48559-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-05-01 00:00:00

pages

748-52

issue

5

eissn

0015-0282

issn

1556-5653

pii

S0015-0282(16)48559-6

journal_volume

43

pub_type

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