Waseem Muhammad, Gernsheimer Joel, Perales Orlando
Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006 Jul;22(7):497-9. doi: 10.1097/01.pec.0000227384.46143.69.
An ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening form of pregnancy that is increasing in frequency especially in adolescents. Whenever a woman of childbearing age, including adolescents, presents with abdominal pain, the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy must be considered as a possibility because if it is not diagnosed and treated expediously and appropriately, there will be considerable morbidity and mortality. Methotrexate has been shown to be effective in the management of ectopic pregnancy, but few reports are described in the literature regarding its use in teenagers. We report the cases of 2 adolescents with ectopic pregnancies who were treated successfully with methotrexate.
异位妊娠是一种危及生命的妊娠形式，其发生率尤其是在青少年中呈上升趋势。每当育龄女性，包括青少年，出现腹痛时，必须考虑异位妊娠的可能性，因为如果不能迅速且恰当地诊断和治疗，将会导致相当高的发病率和死亡率。甲氨蝶呤已被证明在异位妊娠的治疗中有效，但关于其在青少年中的使用，文献报道较少。我们报告了2例异位妊娠青少年患者成功接受甲氨蝶呤治疗的病例。
