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| Subject: Miscarriage mistakes endanger foetuses Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:52 pm | |
| MISDIAGNOSES of early miscarriage may be leading doctors to inadvertently terminate healthy pregnancies, ultrasound experts have warned.
Many women have a miscarriage then a curette, a medical procedure to remove the remains of the pregnancy. But emerging research indicates that as many as one in 200 pregnancies thought to have miscarried might have been viable.
An associate professor in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Sydney, George Condous, said more conservative guidelines might be needed to ensure women were not aborting a foetus by mistake.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/miscarriage-mistakes-endanger-foetuses-20121228-2bz9v.html#ixzz2GPhLgx8c
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