A 22-year-old woman has a positive pregnancy test and vaginal bleeding; β-hCG 2,500 mIU/mL, no intrauterine pregnancy on transvaginal ultrasound, hemo...

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A 22-year-old woman has a positive pregnancy test and vaginal bleeding; β-hCG 2,500 mIU/mL, no intrauterine pregnancy on transvaginal ultrasound, hemodynamically stable, no fetal cardiac activity, adnexal mass 2.0 cm. Best management?

Accepted Answer

Single-dose methotrexate protocol

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Expectant management regardless of findings

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Immediate laparotomy

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Dilation and curettage

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High-dose progesterone therapy

us-usmle-step-2 MCQ (SBA): Ectopic Pregnancy

A 22-year-old woman has a positive pregnancy test and vaginal bleeding; β-hCG 2,500 mIU/mL, no intrauterine pregnancy on transvaginal ultrasound, hemodynamically stable, no fetal cardiac activity, adnexal mass 2.0 cm. Best management?