A multicenter cohort study analyzing the implementation of a new guideline for diagnosis and treatment of women with pregnancy of unknown location or ectopic pregnancy in the Netherlands

Autor: lisa madder, Elke Stark, Paul van der Linden, jorien woolderink, Jeroen Dijkstra, marjan keizer, Laurens van boven, Marco Versluis, Karin van der Tuuk
Rok vydání: 2022
DOI: 10.22541/au.165569762.23906193/v1
Popis: Objective: Evaluation of the implementation of a new guideline for diagnosis and treatment of women with pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) or ectopic pregnancy (EP). Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort study Setting: Six hospitals in the Northern part of the Netherlands Population and methods: Women above 18-years old with a final diagnosis of PUL or EP between January 2012 to April 2020. Main outcome measures: Diagnostic findings, type of treatment and outcomes, before and after implementation of the guideline. User interpretation of the guidelines. Results: 1306 women with PUL or EP were included. The amount of women diagnosed with PUL has significantly increased between the guideline cohorts (28.4%;174/693 versus 16.6%;115/613 P
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