TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal serum creatine kinase
T2 - A possible predictor of tubal pregnancy
AU - Lavie, Ofer
AU - Beller, Uziel
AU - Neuman, Menachem
AU - Ben-Chetrit, Avraham
AU - Gottcshalk-Sabag, Shoshana
AU - Diamant, Yoram Z.
PY - 1993/11
Y1 - 1993/11
N2 - Tubal pregnancy remains a clinical challenge in spite of improvements in diagnostic tests and procedures. In a prospective study we evaluated the role of the serum creatine kinase as a possible marker for tubal pregnancy. Three groups of 17 patients each were included in the study: group A, documented tubal pregnancy; group B, spontaneous abortion; and group C, normal pregnancy. Serum was tested for creatine kinase in all of the patients. Creatine kinase level was >45 IU/L in all patients with tubal pregnancy, significantly higher than the level in patients in either of the two other groups (p < 0.0001). We conclude that a high serum creatine kinase level can be an important diagnostic test in the evaluation of a suspected tubal pregnancy.
AB - Tubal pregnancy remains a clinical challenge in spite of improvements in diagnostic tests and procedures. In a prospective study we evaluated the role of the serum creatine kinase as a possible marker for tubal pregnancy. Three groups of 17 patients each were included in the study: group A, documented tubal pregnancy; group B, spontaneous abortion; and group C, normal pregnancy. Serum was tested for creatine kinase in all of the patients. Creatine kinase level was >45 IU/L in all patients with tubal pregnancy, significantly higher than the level in patients in either of the two other groups (p < 0.0001). We conclude that a high serum creatine kinase level can be an important diagnostic test in the evaluation of a suspected tubal pregnancy.
KW - Tubal pregnancy
KW - creatine kinase
KW - ectopic pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90272-k
DO - 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90272-k
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C2 - 8238176
AN - SCOPUS:0027332499
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 169
SP - 1149
EP - 1150
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 5
ER -