Diagnosis and management of first trimester miscarriage.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jurkovic, Davor; Overton, Caroline; Bender-Atik, Ruth
- Source
- BMJ: British Medical Journal. 6/22/2013, Vol. 346 Issue 7913, p34-37. 4p.
- Subject
- *PSYCHOLOGY of miscarriage
*FIRST trimester of pregnancy
*SYMPTOMS
*MISCARRIAGE
*DIAGNOSIS
*THERAPEUTICS
*PREVENTION
- Language
- ISSN
- 1756-1833
The article offers information related to diagnosis and management of first trimester miscarriage. It mentions that chromosomal abnormalities are the most common cause of first trimester miscarriage as detected in 50-85 percent of pregnancy tissue specimens after spontaneous miscarriage. It informs that vaginal bleeding and loss of pregnancy symptoms of miscarriage. It reports that transvaginal ultrasonography can be used for examining the suspected patients during early pregnancy. It reports that treatment with progesterone was associated with significantly lower risk of miscarriage compared. It informs that surgery is the primary treatment for the patient with excessive bleeding and haemodynamically unstable condition.