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Chapter 6 - Bleeding in Early Pregnancy

from Section 2 - Early Pregnancy Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Kahyee Hor  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Early pregnancy encompasses the first 12 weeks of pregnancy – also known as the first trimester. Vaginal bleeding (PV bleeding) in early pregnancy is one of the most common gynaecological presentations, affecting between 7 and 21% of all pregnancies [1].

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 45 - 54
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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