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Table 1 characteristics of patients with ectopic pregnancy

From: A cohort of women with ectopic pregnancy: challenges in diagnosis and management in a rural hospital in a low-income country

 

n

Characteristics

 Mean age (years, standard deviation)

30.9 (6.7)

88

 Median gravidity (interquartile range)

4 (3–7)

64

 Mean length of admission (days, interquartile range)

6 (4–8)

88

 Mean amenorrhea (months, standard deviation)

1.5 (1.2)

85

 Women without amenorrhea / reported pregnancy (%)

33 (39)

85

 Women with previous contact health care provider before admission, without diagnosis made (%)

60 (71)

85

Presenting symptoms

 Abdominal pain (%)

83 (98)

85

 Vaginal bleeding (%)

51 (60)

84

Findings on admission

 Pelvic mass (%)

17 (20)

85

 Abdominal distension (%)

33 (38)

85

Ectopic pregnancy suspected by attending health care worker at time of admission (%)

42 (47)

85