Abstract

FERNANDEZ ARENAS, Carmen. The ectopic pregnancy is increasing at world level. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.1, pp. 84-99. ISSN 1561-3062.

A wide bibliographic review was made including all papers from 50 national and foreign authors obtained of printed books and of deep search in Internet to assess the causes of the high incidence of ectopic pregnancy (EP) in its complicated clinical presentation, to inquire into on its historical-epidemiological elements and to classify the EP, to deepen on the data collection allowing us to alert to primary care physicians and/or Gynecology and Obstetrics specialist when they must to suspect on the presence of an ectopic pregnancy and to made the diagnosis before appearance of a complication. It could to have an effect on decrease of the high mortality associated with this entity.

Keywords : Ectopic pregnancy; history and epidemiology; risk factors; classification and pathophysiology; diagnosis and therapeutics.

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