{"pk":631,"title":"Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy in the Presence of an Intrauterine Device","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Ruptured ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of first trimester maternal mortality. The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy should always be suspected in patients with abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding or syncope. While the use of an intrauterine device (IUD) markedly reduces the incidence of intrauterine pregnancy, it does not confer equal protection from the risk of ectopic pregnancy. In this report we discuss the case of a female patient who presented with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and hemoperitoneum despite a correctly positioned IUD.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1d25h7w0","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Matthew","middle_name":"R.","last_name":"Neth","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Maxwell","middle_name":"A.","last_name":"Thompson","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Courtney","middle_name":"Blayke","last_name":"Gibson","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"},{"first_name":"John","middle_name":"P.","last_name":"Gullett","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"},{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"C.","last_name":"Pigott","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-01-08T20:57:50Z","date_accepted":"2019-01-08T20:57:50Z","date_published":"2019-01-22T22:05:41Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/631/galley/391/download/"}]}