%0 Journal Article
%T How to cope with pregnancy of unknown location: construction ‎of a scoring system
%A Marjan Haji Heshmati
%A Maliheh Arab
%A Robabeh Ghodsi-Ghassemabadi
%J Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education and Research
%@ 2249-3379
%D 2020
%V 10
%N 1
%P 46-50
%X Background: Women presenting with abdominal pain in their first trimester of pregnancy ‎could have EP, abortion or normal intrauterine pregnancy. The decision about PUL (Pregnancy ‎of unknown Location) is often difficult because of serious medical complications or the moral ‎consequences of misdiagnosis. ‎Objective: Construct a scoring system to triage EP among PUL patients in pregnant women ‎with abdominal pain. ‎Method: Medical history, symptoms and signs, laboratory data, and sonography of 522 ‎pregnant women presented with abdominal pain in their first trimester at Imam Hossein ‎Medical Center in Tehran were recorded through a questionnaire. Patients were compared in EP ‎and non-EP groups (abortion and normal pregnancy). Based on the univariate analysis, ‎statistically significant variables were used in the construction of a logistic regression model, ‎and finally a clinical scoring system was developed. ‎Results: In this cross-sectional study, medical record of 522 cases including 183 (36%) EP and ‎‎334 (64%) Non-Ep patients were reviewed. Among 92 studied variables, 41 items were ‎significantly correlated with EP diagnosis (P-Value 
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