Thanks to Dr Schechter for today’s review of the management and ultrasonography of the vaginal bleeder. As referenced, we believe in the discriminatory zone of B-HCG because, well, because we just do. But how helpful is it for distinguishing IUP vs ectopic pregnancy?
Read and learn.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.newproxy.downstate.edu/pubmed/21310509
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