Miscarriage Flashcards
What are the 6 types of miscarriage?
Threatened Inevitable Incomplete (and septic) Complete Missed Recurrent
What is a threatened miscarriage?
DDx for early vaginal bleed
May/may not cause pain
What may be seen o/e in threatened miscarriage?
Closed cervix
Investigation of threatened miscarriage?
USS
What are good signs on USS in threatened miscarriage?
Gestational sac intact and no haematoma
Management of threatened miscarriage?
Conservative
What is an inevitable miscarriage?
Open cervix with bleeding
Strong cramping
Examination shows open cervix
Still viable
Heavy clots
What is treatment of inevitable miscarriage?
Conservative
IF MATERNAL BLEEDING VERY BAD
Manual evacuation/misoprostol
Analgesia
Counselling
What is an incomplete miscarriage?
Some POC still retained in uterus
- Dilated cervix
Treatment of incomplete miscarriage?
Prostaglandin analogue
- Misoprostol
May need vacuum suction or evacuation of retained POC (ERPC)
What is a complete miscarriage?
All POC expelled from uterus
Cervix closed
What is a missed miscarriage?
Foetus dead but not been expelled
Investigation of missed miscarriage?
Foetal HR undetectable
Empty gestational sac
Treatment of missed miscarriage?
Misoprostol
ERPC
What is a a dangerous complication of an incomplete miscarriage?
Sepsis