An Audit of Ectopic Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Ectopic pregnancy is of greater importance in modern obstetrics because of its increasing incidence

Annual audit of ectopic pregnancy in tertiary care hospital

“…The incidence of ectopic pregnancy has been rising during past few decades throughout the world. Incidence of ectopic pregnancy in present study came out to be 1.6% which was comparable to study by Samal S et al [2] and Zuber et al [9] Bansal N et al [5] reported a higher incidence of 5% as compared to present study. Majority of woman in our study belonged to age group 25 to 30 years followed by 20 to 24 years as in other studies [2,3,4,5,10] .…”

“…An Ectopic pregnancy or extra-uterine pregnancy anywhere is one in which blastocyst implants anywhere other than the endometrial lining of uterine cavity [1] . Ectopic pregnancy is a common life threatening emergency of early pregnancy and leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality [2] . The incidence of Ectopic pregnancy is around 1-2% and is rising day by day specially following Artificial Reproduction Techniques [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] .…”

“…Ectopic pregnancy is a common life threatening emergency of early pregnancy and leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality [2] . The incidence of Ectopic pregnancy is around 1-2% and is rising day by day specially following Artificial Reproduction Techniques [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] . The incidence of Ectopic pregnancy varies from country to country depending upon risk factors in the population.…”

“…The incidence of Ectopic pregnancy varies from country to country depending upon risk factors in the population. The increase is specially due to increasing pelvic infections, ART technologies, tubal surgery including sterilization, IUCDs and also because of early diagnosis due to sensitive tests and USG available [2] . Early diagnosis has reduced the mortality rate from ruptured ectopic pregnancy.…”

“…Since serum β-hCG levels correlates with detection of Gsac on USG, it allows us to identify ectopic pregnancy before development of life threatening events [10] . The treatment is influenced by the clinical state of the patient, the site of ectopic pregnancy, parity of the patient and available facilities [2] . Surgical treatment is preferred for haemodynamically unstable patients and conservative management for haemodynamically stable patients.…”