Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy in the Presence of an Intrauterine Device
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Maxwell A. Thompson; Matthew R Neth; John P. Gullett; Courtney B. Gibson; David C. Pigott
- Source
- Neth, Matthew R.; Thompson, Maxwell A.; Gibson, Courtney Blayke; Gullett, John P.; & Pigott, David C.(2019). Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy in the Presence of an Intrauterine Device. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 3(1). doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2019.1.41345. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1d25h7w0
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2019)
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Ectopic pregnancy
business.industry
Obstetrics
Incidence (epidemiology)
lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Case Report
lcsh:RC86-88.9
Emergency Nursing
Intrauterine device
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Emergency Medicine
Medicine
Vaginal bleeding
In patient
030212 general & internal medicine
RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
Hemoperitoneum
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2474-252X
Ruptured ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of first trimester maternal mortality. The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy should always be suspected in patients with abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding or syncope. While the use of an intrauterine device (IUD) markedly reduces the incidence of intrauterine pregnancy, it does not confer equal protection from the risk of ectopic pregnancy. In this report we discuss the case of a female patient who presented with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and hemoperitoneum despite a correctly positioned IUD.