Misoprostol for Management of Women With an Incomplete Miscarriage
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-03-31
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Miscarriage is defined as the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before 24 weeks gestation, that
is, before fetal viability. The clinical signs of miscarriage are usually vaginal bleeding
associated with abdominal pain and cramping. The miscarriage is named 'complete' or
'incomplete' according to whether or not tissues are retained in the uterus. If a woman has
minimal bleeding but her cervix is closed, this is known as a 'threatened miscarriage.
However; if the pregnancy is still inside the uterus but the cervix is open, this is
described as an 'inevitable miscarriage', which it will not usually be possible to save the
fetus.