Miscarriage can be an overwhelming experience. If your last pregnancy resulted in a loss, you might find yourself apprehensive about a future or current pregnancy. Unfortunately, miscarriages are a common occurrence. The most common is an early miscarriage, which may cause anxiety until you’ve reached the moment when things went wrong during your last pregnancy.
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Education of Early Pregnancy Loss Counseling
Pregnancy loss is unfortunately very common. As such, counseling for women experiencing pregnancy loss should be a routine part of medical student and resident training. However, currently, the teaching process for this counseling less formal and many doctors are not trained how to counsel women during this stressful and emotional time. In a recent study,
Missed Abortion
Missed abortion is a term used to describe a miscarriage that has not yet passed. Prior to the use of routine ultrasound, it was believed that many or most miscarriages occurred suddenly in a pregnancy that was – until the time of the miscarriage – growing normally. However, we now know that most miscarriages happen
Fetal Pleural Effusion
Fetal pleural effusion is a rare finding of fluid collections in the fetal chest, outside of the lungs. There are two issues with fetal pleural effusions, namely the etiology of the effusion as well as the effect it has on the developing fetus. Etiology of Fetal Pleural Effusion The cause of pleural effusions is not
Elevated Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (MSAFP)
During a second trimester serum screen for fetal spina bifida, a patient may have an elevated maternal serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP, or MSAFP) level. Elevated MSAFP is associated with structural fetal anomalies, including neural tube defects, abdominal wall defects, and duodenal atresia. With targeted ultrasounds, abnormalities of the spine, brain, or abdominal wall should be apparent.
Parvovirus and Pregnancy
Parvovirus B19 (“fifth disease”) is a common childhood infection caused by a small, non-enveloped DNA virus. It infects rapidly dividing cells, and effects the precursors of erythrocytes or red blood cells. Thirty to sixty percent of adults have prior exposure to parvovirus. Parvovirus is diagnosed clinically with antibody testing. Viremia, or the presence of virus





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