Ectopic Pregnancy
Diagnosis and Management

This concise yet immensely practical handbook provides the busy clinician with a self-contained account of the diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy

Isabel Stabile (Author)

9780521496124, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 January 1996

172 pages, 26 b/w illus.
24.5 x 18.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.324 kg

' … invaluable for the clinician and researcher alike. It can be 'dipped into' to answer a particular clinical question or can be used as an excellent reference book.' Mary Wingfield, Irish Medical Journal

This concise yet immensely practical handbook provides the busy clinician with a self-contained account of the diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy. Such pregnancies, which develop outside the normal confines of the uterine cavity, are a relatively common occurence and there is some evidence their prevalence is increasing. There is therefore a need for a practical and focused account which assesses and evaluates the important clinical issues. The emphasis throughout is to clearly summarise and provide rapid solutions to the most difficult problems posed by ectopic pregnancy. The text is fully supported by numerous and helpful ultrasound images, line diagrams illustrating surgical techniques, and by highlighted summaries of key facts and decision trees.

Preface
1. Incidence, aetiology and pathophysiology of ectopic pregnancy
2. Clinical presentation of ectopic pregnancy
3. Biochemical diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
4. Sonographic diagnosis
5. Surgical diagnosis
6. Practical management of suspected ectopic pregnancy
7. Extratubal and unusual ectopic pregnancies
8. Medical treatment of ectopic pregnancy
9. Conservative surgery
10. Radical surgery
11. Future aspects
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Materno-fetal medicine [MJTF]