First-trimester miscarriage: A histopathological classification proposal

Paternal factors in spontaneous first trimester miscarriage

UNLABELLED Objectives : To determine whether paternal factors i.e., age, tobacco use and genital tract infection increase the risk for spontaneous first trimester miscarriage. Methodology : This case control study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Unit V / IV, Dow Medical College & Lyari General Hospital, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan. Duration ...

A prospective study of risk factors for first trimester miscarriage in Asian women with threatened miscarriage.

INTRODUCTION The present study aimed to assess the demographic, socioeconomic, medical and lifestyle factors associated with the progression of a threatened miscarriage to a complete miscarriage in the first trimester. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted on 157 women who presented with vaginal bleeding in the fifth to tenth week of gestation. Cox regression analysis was used to d...

Future pregnancy outcome in unexplained recurrent first trimester miscarriage.

The future pregnancy outcome of 201 consecutive women, median age 34 years (range 22-43), with a history of unexplained recurrent first trimester miscarriage (median 3; range 3-13), was studied. All women and their partners had normal peripheral blood karyotypes; none had antiphospholipid antibodies and none hypersecreted luteinizing hormone (LH). No pharmacological treatment was prescribed and...

First-trimester bleeding with falling HCG: don't assume miscarriage.

Family physicians often use quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) testing to assess first-trimester bleeding. While we anticipate a range of normal results for any given week in the first trimester, we predict an approximate doubling over 48 hours in a normal pregnancy during the first trimester. Human chorionic gonadotropin tends to peak at about 10 weeks’ gestation before declining ...

The Investigation and Treatment of Couples with Recurrent First- trimester and Second-trimester Miscarriage