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Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy with a Negative Urine Pregnancy Test
Urgent message: Ectopic pregnancy must be considered in women of childbearing age who present with abdominal pain—even if ‘ruled out’ by a negative hCG test. Yi-An A. Lee, MD, MPH, Gino Farina, MD, and Helene Lhamon, MD The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is estimated to be 19.7 per 1,000 pregnancies and is responsible for 9% of pregnancy-related deaths.1 Ectopic pregnancy is always near the top of the differential diagnosis for abdominal pain in women of …
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