Ectopic Pregnancy : Complications

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The most common complication is rupture with internal bleeding that leads to shock. Death from rupture is rare. Infertility occurs in 10 - 15% of women who have had an ectopic pregnancy.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 5, 2008
Ectopic pregnancies are the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the first trimester and account for 9% of all pregnancy-related deaths in the United States. More than 1% of pregnancies are ectopic, and they are becoming more common. The r...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
This condition involves losing blood. This can occur internally (when blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body), externally through a natural opening (such as the vagina , mouth, or rectum), or externally through a break in the skin.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 25, 2008
Call 911 if you can’t stop the bleeding or the victim shows signs of shock.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Preventing Bleeding During ChemotherapyChemotherapy can make your blood less able to clot. This happens because the treatment reduces the number ofplatelets(clotting agents) in your blood.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Hypovolemic shock is a particular form of shock in which the heart is unable to supply enough blood to the body. It is caused by blood loss or inadequate blood volume.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 18, 2006
Infertility is the inability to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 5, 2008
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Infertility is the failure to conceive a pregnancy after attempting for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
In an ectopic pregnancy , the fertilized egg implants in a location outside the uterus and tries to develop there. The word ectopic means " in an abnormal place or position.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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