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ectopic

[ek-top-ik] / ɛkˈtɒp ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
displaced
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But experts said ProPublica’s data analysis, along with stories about delays in ectopic care, underscores the need to find out what is driving the deaths.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

“A death related to ectopic pregnancy should really be a never event,” said Dr. Alice Abernathy, an OB-GYN in Philadelphia.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

If the pregnancy is ectopic, the risk of rupture increases the longer treatment is delayed.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

To treat an ectopic pregnancy, which is almost never viable, doctors must terminate it.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Illnesses have always run through his family—his father died years ago after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, his aunt died from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and so on—but Vin believed he was better, stronger.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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