%0 Journal Article
%T Factors to consider in pregnancy of unknown location
%A Jessica Farren
%A Maya Al-Memar
%A Shabnam Bobdiwala
%A Tom Bourne
%J Archive of "Women's Health".
%D 2017
%R 10.1177/1745505717709677
%X The management of women with a pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) can vary significantly and often lacks a clear evidence base. Intensive follow-up is usually required for women with a final outcome of an ectopic pregnancy. This, however, only accounts for a small proportion of women with a pregnancy of unknown PUL location. There remains a clear clinical need to rationalize the follow-up of PUL so women at high risk of having a final outcome of an ectopic pregnancy are followed up more intensively and those PUL at low risk of having an ectopic pregnancy have their follow-up streamlined. This review covers the main management strategies published in the current literature and aims to give clinicians an overview of the most up-to-date evidence that they can take away into their everyday clinical practice when caring for women with a PUL
%K ectopic pregnancy
%K human chorionic gonadotropin
%K pregnancy
%K pregnancy of unknown location
%K progesterone
%K risk prediction models
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557179/