ArticleCureus2024
The Case of the Positive Pregnancy Pretender: A Potential Cause of Erroneous Test Results in Active-Duty Personnel.
Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
The detection of pregnancy is common among those who participate in the care of reproductive-age females. This is especially true in the medical care of active-duty personnel in the armed forces. Considering the impact of a positive urine pregnancy test in this population, it is important to recognize the possibility of false-positive results and their causes. In this case, we explore a false-positive urine pregnancy test due to injectable positive beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) supplementation used for weight loss. This report concludes that the use of exogenous beta-hCG by physicians and other clinicians should be avoided. Additionally, clinicians should be aware of its use in the community and its possible effect on laboratory testing used to evaluate for pregnancy.
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