Role of single serum progesterone assay in threatened abortion as a predictor of viable pregnancy.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-177716
ABSTRACT
Background:
Low progesterone levels have been linked to increased risk of miscarriage in first trimester of pregnancy.Methods:
The observational, cross-sectional study was conducted over 100 pregnant females in first trimester of pregnancy < 12 weeks. All patients were subjected to sonography to confirm pregnancy & serum progesterone level testing immediately after admission and before initiation of treatment.Result:
After analysis of the results, cut off value of serum progesterone as determined in this study came out to be 9.9 ng/ml with 94.9% sensitivity & 92.7% specificity.Conclusion:
The value of serum progesterone estimation was of great help in differentiating between viable and non-viable pregnancy.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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