Risk factor analysis on 180 cases of ectopic pregnancy / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To explore risk factors for ectopic pregnancy to provide basis for its prevention.[Methods] A case-control study was done on 180 cases of ectopic pregnancy treated in Deqing Chinese medicine hospital from January 2012 to December 2016 and another 180 cases of intrauterine pregnancy were as control who received artificial abortion in outpatient clinic during the same period. The data on the factors that might bring about ectopic pregnancy were analyzed by single-factorial and multi-factorial logistic regression. [Results] The multi-factorial analysis confirmed that the risk factors associated with ectopic pregnancy were prior abortion history, pelvic inflammation, ectopic pregnancy history, fallopian tube surgery history and others. [Conclusion] Ectopic pregnancy is associated with multiple factors, whose occurrence should be prevented and reduced by taking corresponding measures against it.