title: [Treatment of early miscarriage].
abstract: Bloody discharge in early pregnancy is the most common cause of gynecological out-of-hours consultation. With the ultrasound equipment becoming more common, the diagnostics of miscarriages is also increasingly possible within primary health care. Before the treatment decision, the doctor should reliably distinguish a viable pregnancy from miscarriage, and recognize the possibility of extrauterine pregnancy. Miscarriages can be treated with mechanical emptying of the uterus (curettage) or with anti-contraction medication, or the situation may be left under surveillance. The treatment is largely dictated by the type of miscarriage. Drug therapy has been found to be safe and has consolidated its position.
authors: OYS:n synnytys- ja naistentautien klinikka, OYS.
authors: Maarit
authors: M
authors: Niinimäki
authors: Oskari
authors: O
authors: Heikinheimo
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003475:Curettage; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal