A 25-year-old female presents with sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. She is 8 weeks pregnant and has passed clot...

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A 25-year-old female presents with sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. She is 8 weeks pregnant and has passed clots and tissue per vaginum. Her cervical os is open on examination by the responding midwife. What type of miscarriage is this?

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Inevitable miscarriage - an open cervical os with active bleeding and tissue passage indicates the miscarriage cannot be prevented

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Septic miscarriage - the open os indicates infection

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Complete miscarriage - all products of conception have been passed

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Missed miscarriage - the foetus has died but has not been expelled

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Threatened miscarriage - the bleeding may still resolve

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Inevitable Miscarriage

A 25-year-old female presents with sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. She is 8 weeks pregnant and has passed clots and tissue per vaginum. Her cervical os is open on examination by the responding midwife. What type of miscarriage is this?