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Complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies adversely affect existing or subsequent pregnancies
Date:6/28/2009

monitoring in high risk pregnancies it is possible to reduce perinatal or postnatal foetal complications. For example, in pregnancies with increased risk of preterm or very preterm delivery or intrauterine growth restriction, extra ultrasonic measurement of the cervical length and foetal growth can provide a better prediction of pregnancies at risk and better therapeutic care can be given, such as bed rest, corticosteroids and monitoring of the baby's heart beat. Furthermore, by identifying high-risk patients, this could enable new research for improved clinical management.

"Events and complications in early pregnancy are amongst the most common complications in women during their pregnancy and can be extremely distressing for them. For the clinician it is important to interpret the symptoms and to understand not only the short-term consequences, but also the long-term consequences of these early pregnancy complications. This is especially important for reassuring and supporting the couple at a difficult time.

"More large controlled studies, using local National Birth Registries, are needed to confirm our findings. In particular, larger studies concerning the risk of adverse late pregnancy outcome in women presenting with unexplained recurrent miscarriage, intrauterine haematoma and a smaller than expected foetus are needed."


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Contact: Mary Rice
mary@mrcommunication.org
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology
Source:Eurekalert

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