From: Recurrent ectopic pregnancy as a unique clinical sub group: a case control study
Variable | Type of variable | Primary [P]/secondary [S] | Description | Units of measurement [P present, A absent] |
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Age | Demographic characteristic | P | Age of each patient | Years |
Parity | Demographic characteristic | P | No of deliveries | Number |
Gestation | Demographic characteristic | P | Number of weeks of pregnancy | Weeks |
Pain | Clinical characteristic | P | Presenting with abdominal pain | P/A |
Vomiting | Clinical characteristic | P | In association with the other symptoms | P/A |
Bleeding | Clinical characteristic | P | Vaginal bleeding | P/A |
Diarrhoea | Clinical characteristic | P | In association with the other symptoms | P/A |
Shoulder tip pain | Clinical characteristic | P | in association with the other symptoms | P/A |
Syncope | Clinical characteristic | P | In association with the other symptoms | P/A |
Smoking | Risk factor | P | Known long term smoking | P/A |
Previous tubal surgery | Risk factor | P | Due to previous tubal pathology | P/A |
Previous pelvic surgery | Risk factor | P | Due to previous pelvic pathology | P/A |
Previous miscarriage | Risk factor | P | Diagnosed as miscarriage by scan and histopathology | P/A |
Previous termination of pregnancy | Risk factor | P | Diagnosed as intra uterine pregnancy by scan and histopathology | P/A |
Assisted reproduction | Risk factor | P | Previous pathology | P/A |
Previous infertility | Risk factor | P | Previous pathology | P/A |
Pelvic inflammatory disease | Risk factor | P | Previous pathology | P/A |
Use of intrauterine contraceptive device | Risk factor | P | As contraceptive | P/A |
Initial beta HCG level | Investigation | S | Blood test | mIU/ml |
Transvaginal/trans-abdominal scan | Investigation | S | Ultrasound scan | Performed/not performed |
Adnexal mass | Investigation | S | Scan finding | P/A |
Gestational sac | Investigation | S | Scan finding | P/A |
Fetal heartbeat | Investigation | S | Scan finding | P/A |
Fluid in Pouch of Douglas | Investigation | S | Scan finding | P/A |
Empty uterus | Investigation | S | Scan finding | P/A |
Hemoperitoneum | Investigation | S | Scan findings | P/A |
Laparotomy | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Tubal ectopic pregnancy | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Salpingectomy | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Salpingotomy | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Hemoperitoneum | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Presence of hepatic adhesions | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |
Contralateral pathology | Treatment | S | Intra operative findings | P/A |