The objective of this systematic review was to assess whether the orally acting progestagen, dydrogesterone lowers the incidence of miscarriage in women with threatened miscarriage. A computerized search was performed in Medline, Embase, and Ovid Medline for original reports with the product name 'Duphaston' or 'dydrogesterone', and limited to clinical human data. Twenty-one reports of dydroges...

Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 (OR = 1.3), age ≥ 35 years (OR = 1.2), pure African race (OR = 1.3) and group A blood (OR = 1.3), have all appeared to slightly increase the risk of recurrent miscarriage. As the study was very small, a larger study is needed to either confirm or refute any possible causal relationship. Age < 35 years (OR = 0.89), Arabic race (OR = 0.7), history of contraceptive use (OR ...

In the present study determine the level of serum anticardiolipin (ACL) antibodies (ACLIgM and ACL-IgG) in 30 pregnancies women who clinically diagnosed with recurrent miscarriage more than two times their aged between 21– 42 years, attending to Babylon hospital of maternity and children and 15 healthy pregnant women without previous miscarriage were included as control in the study which exten...

BACKGROUND Expectant management is an alternative for curettage in women with a miscarriage. AIM To assess the pattern of vaginal bleeding and pain in expectantly managed women with a miscarriage, and to analyse the factors predictive of a relatively quick spontaneous loss of pregnancy. DESIGN OF STUDY Part of a study comparing expectant management with surgical evacuation. SETTING Two ho...

BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the value of maternal history and ultrasound scan findings at 6-10 weeks for predicting early miscarriage. METHODS Embryonic crown-rump length (CRL), heart rate (HR), gestational sac diameter (GSD) and yolk sac diameter (YSD) were compared in two groups of women with singleton pregnancies attending an early pregnancy unit. In the fi...

OBJECTIVE To establish a method of estimating the proportion of women with a subsequent live birth after a well-defined time period in an open cohort of women referred to a tertiary recurrent miscarriage clinic. METHODS We performed a descriptive cohort study with register-based follow-up at a tertiary center for investigation and treatment of recurrent miscarriage in Denmark. All women with ...

This paper explores the special nature of bereavement in the case of first trimester miscarriage. It is theoretically informed by the sociological literature concerning death and bereavement and is empirically grounded in interviews with 79 women. We argue that the 'scientisation of death' in modern societies contributes to the uncertainty and isolation which distinguish early miscarriage as a ...

The relation of thyroid autoimmunity to miscarriage is an important issue that has attracted the interest of many investigators. A number of papers have been published so far, which include healthy women, women with recurrent miscarriage and those undergoing assisted reproductive techniques. Most studies have shown a significant positive association between the presence of thyroid autoantibodie...

INTRODUCTION Patients with threatened miscarriage associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes because of associated pregnancy and labor complications. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of threatened miscarriage on early and late pregnancy outcome. METHODS A retrospective case-controlled study was performed on 89 women with threatened miscarriage (study group) at Maternity and Children Hospit...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in high-risk women is unclear, as several different diagnostic approaches have been applied to different groups of patients. This review aims to evaluate the prevalence of such anomalies in unselected populations and in women with infertility, including those undergoing IVF treatment, women with a history of miscarriage, women with infer...