Value of culdocentesis in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.
Romero R, Copel J, Kadar N, Jeanty P, Decherney A, Hobbins J. Value of culdocentesis in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. Obstetrics And Gynecology 1985, 65: 519-22. PMID: 3982726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic pregnancyPositive culdocentesisTubal ectopic pregnancyEvaluation of patientsTime of surgeryClinician suspicionEctopic gestationPeritoneal signsUnruptured tubeCuldocentesisAuthors' patientsPatientsPregnancyDiagnostic valueHemoperitoneumSuspicionDiagnosisThree-year periodOne-quarterThree-quartersSuch findingsSurgeryGestationWomen