At the recent ISUOG meeting in Los Angeles, there was great debate about the current cut-off s we use to defi ne miscarriage using transvaginal ultrasound. In particular, the guidelines used by both the RCOG and ASUM are not conservative enough and may lead to false positive diagnosis of miscarriage. In routine practice, when there is a suspicion of a non-viable pregnancy, we rely on the measur...

A young multipara presented with acute abdominal pain. She had history of dilatation and evacuation for a missed miscarriage 2 months back. The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy was made on the basis of clinical presentation and laboratory investigations. Laparoscopy was performed which revealed features of invasive mole. The procedure was converted to laparotomy and hysterectomy was performed. Pa...

At the recent ISUOG meeting in Los Angeles, there was great debate about the current cut-off s we use to defi ne miscarriage using transvaginal ultrasound. In particular, the guidelines used by both the RCOG and ASUM are not conservative enough and may lead to false positive diagnosis of miscarriage. In routine practice, when there is a suspicion of a non-viable pregnancy, we rely on the measur...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the risk of adverse birth outcome in women who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING Population based cohort study and a case-control study, both based on data from a prescription registry, the Danish birth registry, and one county's hospital discharge registry. PARTICIPANTS COHORT STUDY: 1462 pregnant women who had taken up pr...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the relative benefits and harms of different management options for first-trimester miscarriage. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register searches (1966 to July 2004), including references of retrieved articles. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION Randomized trials assigning women with first-trimester missed or incomplete miscarriage to surgical, me...

BACKGROUND The contribution of local and systemic inflammation to the pathophysiology of sporadic first trimester miscarriages remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the inflammatory response in the circulation of women presenting with first trimester miscarriage. METHODS Levels of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), TNF receptors 1 and 2, interferon gamma (IFNγ), in...

Objective: To assess maternal serum amyloid A (SAA) levels among women with primary unexplainedrecurrent missed miscarriages.Patients and Method: prospective study (case control study) in Al-Zahraa Maternity Hospital, Najaf,Iraq, from first of January to the December 2019 was conducted 91 who weredivided into two groups:1. Group 1: Patient miscarriage early trimester at least consecutive primar...

OBJECTIVE To compare two methods for induction of second-trimester abortion after priming the cervix with mifepristone. METHODS This was a randomized prospective trial carried out between January 2009 and February 2012. The participants were healthy women between 14 and 24 weeks of gestation with missed miscarriage or need for termination of pregnancy. All participants received oral 200 mg mi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of misoprostol in cervical ripening before evacuation of conception in the first trimester missed miscarriages, and to compare between oral and vaginal routes of administration. METHODS A randomized controlled study was carried out in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq in 2006. One hundred and twenty women with first trimester missed miscarriages we...