Course: Ectopic Pregnancy and Lifesaving Care
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2023-06-01
Ectopic pregnancy, defined as a pregnancy that implants outside of the endometrial cavity, accounts for approximately 2% of all reported pregnancies according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the first trimester, ectopic pregnancies are the most common cause of pregnancy-related death, accounting for 2.7% of these deaths., Ectopic pregnancies cannot be relocated to the endometrial cavity and thus lack potential to safely progress to birth. Given these facts, treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is incontrovertibly necessary and lifesaving care; denying or restricting such care would be both unethical and illegal.,
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