Can the Additional Dose Requirement be Determined before the Seventh Day to Successfully Treat Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy with a Single-dose Methotrexate Protocol?
 
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Burak Akselim
Bursa Yüksek Lhtisas Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Süleyman Serkan Karaşin
Bursa Yüksek Lhtisas Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yeliz ACAR SABIR Bursa Yüksek Lhtisas Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (Q3)
Dergi ISSN 1022-386X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili Türkçe Basım Tarihi 09-2021
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 31 / 9 / 1046–1050 DOI 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.09.1046
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.29271/jcpsp.2021.09.1046
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Özet
Objective: To investigate the relationship of beta-hCG changes between the first, fourth and seventh days as a predictor of the additional dose requirement in single-dose methotrexate protocol in tubal ectopic pregnancy.Study Design: Observational study.Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, between January 2017 and June 2020.Methodology: Data of 123 patients with tubal ectopic pregnancy, treated with a single-dose methotrexate protocol, were retrospectively analysed. Patients who received methotrexate on the first day and achieved treatment success constituted one group. Patients who received additional doses on the seventh day and achieved treatment success, constituted the other group. Treatment success was defined as normalisation of beta-hCG levels without surgical intervention.Results: The percentage of beta-hCG change between day-one and day-four was a significant independent variable for the additional dose treatment requirement (OR: 1.07, CI: 1.01-1.13, p= 0.022). The cut-off value of the beta-hCG change percentage between the first and fourth day, was calculated as 4%(sensitivity 72.9%, specificity 78.9%, positive predictive value [PPV] 88.6%, negative predictive value [NPV] 56.6%).Conclusion: In the single-dose methotrexate protocol applied in the medical treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy, the change in beta-hCG value between the first and fourth days may predict the need for additional doses. Administration of an additional dose of methotrexate on the fourth day may be considered, if there is less than a 4% decrease or …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Beta human chorionic gonadotropin | Ectopic pregnancy | Methotrexate | Single-dose protocol | Tubal pregnancy