Pregnancy outcome in patients with threatened abortion and abnormal early sonographic markers: A prospective study

Abstract

Objectives : The study examines the pregnancy outcome in patients with threatened abortion and patients with abnormal early sonography markers . Study Design : This was a prospective study Method: This prospective study was conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ,GCS Medical college ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat, India from 2012 to 2014.Women with threatened abortion and abnormal early sonography markers were included in the study who fulfilled the inclusion criterias..Women with normal sonography markers were taken as control. Conclusions : Transvaginal sonography should be used adequately to look for early pregnancy markers like Size of Gestational sac,size and shape of yolk sac ,fetal heart rate and in cases of threatened abortion presence of subchorionic haematoma and its size because all these markers are good predictors of pragnacy outcome and can prove helpful in patient counseling.