Ectopic pregnancy at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, South-Western Nigeria: Temporal trends, clinical presentation and management outcomes from 2005 to 2014 | Zendy

J A Olamijulo | Zendy; BabasolaOluwatomi Okusanya | Zendy; MuisiAlli Adenekan | Zendy; Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu | Zendy; Gbenga Olorunfemi | Zendy; Osemen E. Okojie | Zendy

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Ectopic pregnancy at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, South-Western Nigeria: Temporal trends, clinical presentation and management outcomes from 2005 to 2014

Author(s) -

J A Olamijulo,

BabasolaOluwatomi Okusanya,

MuisiAlli Adenekan,

Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu,

Gbenga Olorunfemi,

Osemen E. Okojie

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

nigerian postgraduate medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261

H-Index - 19

ISSN - 1117-1936

DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_35_20

Subject(s) - ectopic pregnancy , medicine , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , obstetrics , pregnancy , demography , fertility , retrospective cohort study , gynecology , population , environmental health , surgery , genetics , physics , sociology , optics , biology

There is uncertainty in the trend of ectopic pregnancy incidence in the Southwest region, though the region has a lower fertility rate and a higher contraceptive use than some other regions of Nigeria. The study objective was to determine the temporal trends, presentation and management outcome of ectopic pregnancy at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, South-Western Nigeria over a decade.

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