Is diagnosis of Unruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Still Uncommon in Ghana?
Health education to encourage women to attend clinic early in pregnancy, especially when experiencing unusual symptoms of lower abdominal pain and irregular vaginal bleeding could help in the diagnosis of unruptured ectopic pregnancy. Judicious use of diagnostic aids for detecting unruptured ectopic pregnancy by health care providers should improve upon the detection rates.
Patients with rare phenotypes, visitors or illegal immigrants may still need pre-transfusion antibody screen, but if most patients can be issued blood units without testings, the potential savings in health care amount to US$14 million/year.