title: [Expectant management in extrauterine pregnancy is possible].
abstract: Twenty-nine patients with presumed ectopic pregnancies, who visited the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis outpatient clinic in Amsterdam between January 1990 and July 1991, received expectant management because of mildness of the symptoms. Five patients were shown to have a non-intact intrauterine pregnancy. Only three of the remaining 24 patients needed surgery because of increasing serum HCG concentrations and (or) complaints. Our results therefore indicate that with declining HCG levels and mild symptoms, regardless of the HCG level at presentation, expectant management is justified.
authors.affiliation: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, afd. Verloskunde en Gynaecologie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Licht
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buimer
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Waart
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Bleker
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000097:blood; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
vernacular_title: Afwachtend beleid bij buitenbaarmoederlijke zwangerschap mogelijk.