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----Original Message Follows---- From: Craig Ellis <[log in to unmask]> Young woman, 6-7 weeks pregnant, no scan. presents with crampy lower abdo pain and frequency. no dysuria, no bleeding. no fever. Urine +ve for protein, blood, leuks and nitrates. Would anyone scan her to confirm an IUP or would you be happy to treat the UTI and send her home to follow-up with GP --> If confirmed HCG +ve, I'd get a radiologist/technician to scan... Sorry to all current hobbyists, but having learned how to scan for myself, I now find it is yet another task I prefer to leave for others (also gave up doing my own malaria films a few years back). This case is not a "textbook" UTI for a couple of reasons anyway, so you gotta scan. Never mind how unreliable urine dipstix are in finding pathology that matters...