placenta accreta/potassium

OBJECTIVE To report successful conservative management of advanced cervical ectopic pregnancy with placenta percreta. METHODS Case report. METHODS University tertiary care hospital. METHODS A 37-year-old woman with second-trimester cervical ectopic pregnancy and placenta

We report a case of transient hyperkalemia during hysterectomy after cesarean section, due to preoperatively undiagnosed placenta accreta that caused unforeseen massive hemorrhage and required rapid red cell transfusion. Hyperkalemia-induced by rapid red cell transfusion is a well-known severe

In the absence of contraindication, methotrexate by intramuscular unique injection of 1mg/kg or 50mg/m(2) is the medical treatment recommended for tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP; LE1). It can be renewed once, at the same dose, according to hCG rates decrease. The pretherapeutic biological assessment

The objective of this work is to discuss the indications for methotrexate in gynecology outside the first-line treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy. In tubal ectopic pregnancy, the prophylactic use of systemic methotrexate can be discussed when performing laparoscopic salpingotomy. In case of

A 36-year-old parturient with a suspicion of placenta accreta under tocolytic therapy with ritodrine infusion underwent emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia with propofol, ketamine, and remifentanil because massive bleeding was anticipated. The ritodrine infusion was discontinued 1 h

BACKGROUND Although transfusion of autologous blood obtained from cell salvage has increased, its role in obstetric practice remains controversial. This case series reports the use of cell salvage in an attempt to avoid allogeneic transfusion in women undergoing cesarean hysterectomy for placenta

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of cesarean scar pregnancies diagnosed during the first trimester. METHODS We retrospectively identified all cesarean scar implantation pregnancies diagnosed by sonography before 14 weeks' gestation between 2000 and 2012 at our