Maternal serum creatine kinase does not predict tubal pregnancy |
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Authors: | Stephen R. Lincoln James R. Dockery Cecil A. Long William A. Rock Jr. Bryan D. Cowan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi;(2) Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, 956 Court Avenue, Room D328, 38163 Memphis, Tennessee |
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Abstract: | Purpose: Our purpose was to validate prospectively the predictive value of maternal serum creatine kinase in the evaluation of ectopic pregnancy.Methods: Fifty-one consecutive pregnant first-trimester patients who presented for suspected abnormal pregnancy were enrolled. Maternal serum samples were obtained and assayed for creatine kinase. Patients were subsequently evaluated for abnormal pregnancy by serial quantitative hCG levels, transvaginal ultrasonography, and surgery when appropriate. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated comparing intrauterine to extrauterine (ectopic) pregnancy.Results: Of 51 patients, 18 had an ectopic pregnancy, 16 had a spontaneous abortion, and 17 had an ongoing intrauterine pregnancy. The ROC curve revealed that maternal serum creatine kinase had no ability to predict ectopic pregnancy.Conclusions: Maternal serum creatine kinase is not a reliable predictor of tubal pregnancy.Presented at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecological Investigation, March 15–18, 1995, Chicago, Illinois. |
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Keywords: | creatine kinase ectopic pregnancy tubal pregnancy |
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