Summary of features of different types of abortion
The table below summarises the characteristics of different types of abortion.
Types of Abortion:
- threatened abortion - minimal pain; bleeding <K; cervix closed; uterine size = dates; ultrasound = FH visualised
- inevitable - pain+; bleeding >K; cervix = open; uterine size = dates; ultrasound FH may/may not be visualised
- complete - no pain; bleeding < K; cervix = closing; uterine size = dates; ultrasound = empty uterus
- incomplete - pain +/-; bleeding >>K; cervix = open; uterine size = or < dates; ultrasound = retained products/no fetal heart
- missed - no pain; bleeding = minimal brown; cervix = closed; uterine size = small; ultrasound = no fetal heart
Key: K = bleeding equivalent to menstruation; FH = fetal heart
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