Miscarriage, also known as early pregnancy loss (EPL) or spontaneous abortion (SAb), is the failure or loss of a pregnancy before 13 weeks’ gestational age (WGA).
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Anembry...
The possibility of pregnancy should be considered in a reproductive-age person with a uterus who presents with nonmenstrual vaginal bleeding.
Vaginal bleeding
Characteristics (amount, c...
Discuss contraception plan at the time of diagnosis of EPL, as ovulation can occur prior to resumption of normal menses.
Expectant management (“watchful waiting”) is 90% effec...
Ectopic Pregnancy
Algorithm: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
O03.9 Complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion without complication
O03.4 Incomplete spontaneous abortion without complication
O02.1 Missed abortion
O20.0 Threatened abortion
N96 Recurrent ...
Any pregnant woman with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding must be evaluated to rule out ectopic pregnancy, which is potentially life-threatening.
As all options have similar long-t...
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Sites of ectopic pregnancy.
Microsurgery for ectopic pregnancy - Ectopic pregnancy is treated by making a linear salpingotomy incision over the ectopic on the antimesosalpingeal surface of the tube and gently removing the conceptus by irrigation and counterpressure on the sides of the tube
Microsurgery for ectopic pregnancy - Ectopic pregnancy is treated by making a linear salpingotomy incision over the ectopic on the antimes...