Incidence, diagnosis and management of tubal and nontubal ectopic pregnancies: a review

Table 2 Single dose methotrexate (MTX) for treatment of ectopic pregnancy

	Day 1	Day 4	Day 7
Labs	1. β-hCG	β-hCG	1. β-hCG
	2. Safety labs (complete blood count, BUN, creatinine, AST, ALT)		2. Safety labs
	3. Blood type and antibody screen		2. Safety labs
Action	Give MTX (50 mg/m2 of body surface area IM)	no action	β-hCG decline <15 % from Day 4 to Day 7: MTX, return to day 1 of protocol. Repeat MTX up to a total of 4 doses
Action	Give MTX (50 mg/m2 of body surface area IM)	no action	β-hCG decline >15 %: Check β-hCG at 1 week intervals until zero.

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