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Second Trimester Miscarriage

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1.1 Introduction
Second trimester miscarriage is often under reported and lacks recognition in both clinical practice and the literature. There are varied definitions for second trimester miscarriage and terms used to describe miscarriage in current literature. Miscarriage is defined by The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2001) as the premature expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus up to 23 weeks of pregnancy and weighing less than 500g. Internationally there are different views on how second trimester miscarriage is distinguished from miscarriage and stillbirth. In Australia and America pregnancy loss before 20 weeks is considered a miscarriage and a stillbirth is defined as fetal death after 20 weeks (The American College of Obstetrics …show more content…

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