Figure 1. Proposed algorithm for the management of PUL during COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; PUL: pregnancy of unknown location; bhCG: blood human chorionic gonadotropin.
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Volume 9, Number 3, September 2020, pages 31-36
Could Laparoscopic Concerns During Coronavirus Pandemic Affect the Care of Women With Pregnancy of Unknown Location/Ectopic Pregnancy?
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| Studies | Findings |
|---|---|
| HBV: hepatitis B virus; GAS: group A Streptococcus; DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HPV: human papillomavirus; PCR: polymerase chain reaction. | |
| Laparoscopy | |
| Blood-borne | |
| Kwak et al, 2016 [2] | HBV detected in surgical smoke, n = 10 out of 11 |
| Airborne | |
| Ramesh et al, 2003 [5] | Tuberculosis, n = 8 |
| Al-ajmi et al, 2012 [4] | GAS, n = 2 out of 46 |
| Chowdhury et al, 2011 [6] | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, viral DNA of HBV, HCV, HIV and HPV in surgical smoke |
| Open procedures | |
| Blood-borne | |
| Johnson et al, 1991 [3] | HIV blood samples |
| Zhou et al, 2019 [9] | HPV PCR, 29.9% of n = 134 |
| Sawchuk et al, 1989 [10] | HPV PCR, 5 out of 8 lasers, 4 out of 7 electrocoagulation processes |
| Airborne | |
| Chowdhury et al, 2011 [6] | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, viral DNA of HBV, HCV, HIV and HPV |
| Others | |
| Capizzi et al, 1998 [15] | Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, Neisseria, n = 13 |
| Taravella et al, 1999 [11] | Poliovirus |