Miscariage Flashcards
What is miscarriage ?
Spontaneous expulsion of the pregnancy content before the fetus reach the age of viability
According to the who the weight of the fetus that is considered as a miscarriage should be less than
500 mg and less than 24 weeks
The most common complication of early pregnancy is
Miscarriage
What is the relationship between miscarriage risk and gestation age
The risk of miscarriage decrease as long as the increasing in age of gestation
The most common gestation period for miscarriage is ?
12 weeks
80% of the miscarriage happened during this period
The overall risk for miscarriage is
20%
The most important risk factor for miscarriage is
Advanced maternal age
The risk factor or miscarriage are ?
Chromosomal anomalies
Acute maternal Infection
Endocrinopathies
Anatomical abnormalities
Trauma
Hypercoagulable state
Congenital anomalies in the fetus
the most common etiology factor for miscarriage is
Chromosomal anomalies specially when the miscarriage happened in an early age of gestation
Types of miscarriage
Missed miscarriage
Threatened miscarriage
Complete miscarriage
Incomplete miscarriage
Inevitable miscarriage
Threatened miscarriage is
Bleeding through a closed cervix on the first half of pregnancy
Main features for the threatened miscarriage ?
Pain -painless
Uterus size -normal
Cervix -closed
Fetal cardiac activity - detectable
Prognosis for threatened miscarriage is
G00d prognosis 90-96% survival rate
Management for threatened miscarriage
Bed rest
Progesterone
Inevitable miscarriage features
Bleeding-increase
Cramps - increase
Cervix -dilated
Inevitable miscarriage is
When the gestational tissue can be felt or seen through the internal cervical os
Complete miscarriage features
Pain -mild
Uterus size -small
Cervix - closed
Bleeding -scant
Incomplete miscarriage features
Cervix-opened
Uterus size - smaller than expected
Bleeding - sever and could cause hypovolmic shock
Cramps -severe
What is the incomplete miscarriage
It’s a miscarriage with reminanteproducts in the cervix and vagina