Sadia Waheed, Anila Ansar, Bushra Meraj.
Threatened Miscarriage as a Predictor of Obstetric Outcome.
Med Forum Dec ;2(8):51-4.

Objective: It was to study pregnancy outcome in patients with threatened miscarriage as compared to patients who had no bleeding in early pregnancy. Study Design: It was a prospective case control / cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in department of Obs. and Gyn. Islam teaching hospital, Sialkot from 1st January 2012 to 31 December 2012. Materials and Methods: 100 patients were enrolled randomly to group A, who had vaginal bleeding with closed cervix in first half of pregnancy. 100 asymptomatic age matched controls were enrolled randomly to group B. Data recorded included demographic features and detailed pregnancy outcome. Results: overall adverse pregnancy outcome was significantly higher in group A as compared to group B (p value <0.05). 15% of patients had miscarriage in group A, while 2.1% miscarried in group B (p value <0.01). Similarly 18% patients had preterm delivery in group A as compared to group B with 3.2% rate (p value <0.001). Conclusion: Threatened miscarriage is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Most significantly miscarriage, preterm delivery and low birth weight of neonates.

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