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A Ikomi

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PubMed2001

Third consecutive complete posterior uterine rupture. A case report.

BACKGROUND: Management of pregnancy in a woman who has had a ruptured uterus on more than one occasion presents a great clinical and ethical challenge to the obstetrician. CASE: This appears to be the first report on complete uterine ruptures in three consecutive pregnancies. CONCLUSION: Prolonged hospital admission, intensive antenatal surveillance, antenatal steroid administration and elective premature delivery may give the best chance for a good outcome in these pregnancies. However, despite all these efforts, there is still a high risk of an unfavorable outcome.

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PubMed1998

The effect of physiological urine dilution on pregnancy test results in complicated early pregnancies.

This study addresses the likelihood of false negative urine pregnancy test results, due to physiological urine dilution as described in some anecdotal reports. In this prospective study 320 pregnancy tests were performed on urine samples of varying concentrations obtained from 40 women, with suspected complications of early pregnancy, who had presented for ultrasound scans. Four different pregnancy tests were used and serum betahCG levels were measured quantitatively. Despite a mean fivefold increase in urine dilution, the pregnancy tests with low betahCG detection limits maintained maximal sensitivity. The detection of betahCG in dilute urine was adversely affected by using pregnancy tests with higher betahCG detection limits and these tests should be used with caution when assessing gynaecological emergencies.

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