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A STUDY OF INVESTIGATIONS USED TO PREDICT OUTCOME OF PREGNANCY AFTER THREATENED ABORTION
Author(s) -
Duff G. B,
Evans J. J.,
Legge M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04517.x
Subject(s) - threatened abortion , pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , abortion , physical examination , pregnancy test , human placental lactogen , gynecology , urine , fetus , endocrinology , biology , placenta , genetics
Summary Sixty‐nine patients who presented with threatened abortion had a number of investigations aimed at providing information with which to predict pregnancy outcome. Ultrasound examination, and measurement of plasma oestradiol and progesterone levels were all significantly more accurate in predicting the pregnancy outcome than clinical examination. Measurements of plasma levels of β 1 ‐glycoprotein, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), beta subunit human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), cystyl aminopeptidase, and human placental lactogen (hPL) also appeared better than clinical examination but the differences did not reach statistical significance while measurement of hCG levels in early morning urine were less accurate than clinical examination.