Objective. To determine the characteristics of medical management with methotrexate in unruptured ectopic pregnancy in Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal in Lima. Material and methods. A descriptive study, retrospective, realized between January 2009 and December 2010. These were 30 patients diagnosed with unruptured ectopic pregnancy who received methotrexate in the study period. The instrument used was a data collection form developed for study purposes. Results. The most frequent was tubal right at the 56,7% of cases, the most widely used protocol was single-dose in 86,6 % of cases, the most common size was 20 to 35 mm in 60 % of cases, 70 % of cases became negative B-hCG (fraction B of human chorionic gonadotropin), 30% required surgery, the most frequent adverse reaction to methotrexate was nausea (10% of cases).Conclusions. Medical management with methotrexate is an alternative f...

Objective. To determine the characteristics of medical management with methotrexate in unruptured ectopic pregnancy in Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal in Lima. Material and methods. A descriptive study, retrospective, realized between January 2009 and December 2010. These were 30 patients diagnosed with unruptured ectopic pregnancy who received methotrexate in the study period. The instrument used was a data collection form developed for study purposes. Results. The most frequent was tubal right at the 56,7% of cases, the most widely used protocol was single-dose in 86,6 % of cases, the most common size was 20 to 35 mm in 60 % of cases, 70 % of cases became negative B-hCG (fraction B of human chorionic gonadotropin), 30% required surgery, the most frequent adverse reaction to methotrexate was nausea (10% of cases).Conclusions. Medical management with methotrexate is an alternative f...