OBJECTIVES To evaluate the uptake and outcome of expectant management of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage in an early pregnancy assessment unit. PARTICIPANTS 1096 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage. METHODS Each miscarriage was classified as complete, incomplete, missed, or anembryonic on the basis of ultrasonography. Women who needed tre...

521 Abstract Background: TNF-α is one of the cytokines produced by the immune system. Many studies have been done to investigate the role of the immune system in first trimester pregnancy loss. Objective: To evaluate the association of TNF-α with recurrent and missed miscarriage. Method: a case-control study involved 35 women, 15 with recurrent miscarriage (at least three consecutive spontaneo...

Objective: The aim of this study was to apply Swanson’s Middle Range Caring Theory to the follow-up visit with a midwife for Swedish women who have suffered early miscarriage or received care for late missed miscarriage in pregnancy week 18 20. Methods: Twenty-five tape recorded interviews with women four weeks after their early miscarriages and thirteen tape recorded semi-structured interviews...

OBJECTIVES To assess the adhesion of French obstetricians and gynecologists to the French clinical practice guidelines for pregnancy loss, issued by the French College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one year after publication. METHODS An online vignette-based study was emailed to a sample of French obstetricians and gynecologists to compare their management of women with missed early mis...

Background To investigate the effects of negative emotions and life events on women's missed miscarriage. Methods Overall, 214 women diagnosed with a missed miscarriage by prenatal examination from 2016-2017 in Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, China were selected as the observation group compared to 214 women as control group. The general data of the patients were inves...

OBJECTIVE To report the prospective outcomes of medical management of missed miscarriage before 13 weeks' gestation from an Australian cohort. DESIGN Descriptive study of a cohort selected out of a randomised controlled trial. SETTING Outpatient management at a maternity hospital between 1 May 2007 and 28 July 2010. PARTICIPANTS 264 women requesting medical management of missed miscarriag...

A case of a 27 year-old patient who presented after medical management of a missed miscarriage with an acute abdomen is described. She was found to have a haemorrhagic angiomyolipoma, which was successfully treated radiologically. This case highlights the need to consider this differential in the presentation of acute abdomen in the context of a recent or concurrent pregnancy. It is the first c...