Miscarriage Management Digital Resources and Bibliography
Digital Resources
 Training, Education & Advocacy in Miscarriage Management (TEAMM) Select curriculum and
training plans: www.miscarriagemanagement.org
 eLearning for Pregnancy Loss: www.cme.ucsf.edu (anticipated; Select "Course Catalog" from
left-hand menu, and then "Online Courses")
 Ipas. Ipas Start-up Kit for integrating manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for early pregnancy loss
into women’s reproductive health-care services.
http://www.ipas.org/en/Resources/Ipas%20Publications/Ipas-U-S--start-up-kit-for-integratingmanual-vacuum-aspiration--MVA--for-early-pregnancy-.aspx. See www.ipas.org for additional
Ipas interactive training materials.
 The Papaya Workshop Online: http://papayaworkshop.org
 Pain management: http://www.ipas.org/en/Resources/Ipas%20Publications/Manual-vacuumaspiration-for-uterine-evacuation--Pain-management.aspx
 Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Health (TEACH): http://teachtraining.org
 Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP): http://www.reproductiveaccess.org/
 Managing Early Pregnancy Loss resource page (UCSF, Innovating Education in Reproductive
Health) : www.earlypregnancylossresources.org
Miscarriage Management Reviews
Yonke N, Leeman LM. First-trimester surgical abortion technique. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2013
Dec;40(4):647-70.
Nanda K, Lopez LM, Grimes DA, Peloggia A, Nanda G. Expectant care versus surgical treatment for
miscarriage. Cochrane Database Syst.Rev. 2012 2012;3.
Prine LW, MacNaughton H. Office management of early pregnancy loss. Am Fam Physician.
2011;84(1):75-82.
Godfrey EM, Leeman L, Lossy P. Early pregnancy loss needn't require a trip to the hospital. The Journal
of Family Practice. 2009;58(11):585-590.
Harris LH, Dalton VK, Johnson TRB. Surgical management of early pregnancy failure: History, politics, and
safe, cost-effective care. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2007;196:445.e441445.e445.
Chen BA, Creinin MD. Contemporary management of early pregnancy failure. Clin.Obstet.Gynecol. 2007
Mar 2007;50(1):67-88.
Weeks A, Danielsson KG. Spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester. BMJ. 2006;332:1223-1224.
Sotiriadis A, Makrydimas G, Papatheodorou S, Ioannidis JPA. Expectant, medical, or surgical
management of first-trimester miscarriage: A meta-analysis. Obstetrics & Gynecology.
2005;105:1104-1113.
Miscarriage Management Clinical Trials
Zhang, J., et al. A comparison of medical management with misoprostol and surgical management for
early pregnancy failure. N Engl J Med. 2005. 353(8): p. 761-9.
Trinder, J., et al. Management of miscarriage: expectant, medical, or surgical? Results of randomized
controlled trial (miscarriage treatment (MIST) trial). BMJ. 2006. 332(7552): p. 1235-40.
Niinimäki M, Karinen P, Hartikainen A, Pouta A. Treating miscarriages: a randomised study of costeffectiveness in medical or surgical choice. BJOG. 2009 Jun 2009;116(7):984-990.
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Miscarriage Diagnosis & Mechanisms
Deutchman M, Tubay AT, Turok DK. First trimester bleeding. American Family Physician. 2009;79(11):
985-992, 993-994.
Doubilet PM, Benson CB, Bourne T, Blaivas M; Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Multispecialty Panel
on Early First Trimester Diagnosis of Miscarriage and Exclusion of a Viable Intrauterine
Pregnancy, Barnhart KT, Benacerraf BR, Brown DL, Filly RA, Fox JC, Goldstein SR, Kendall JL,
Lyons EA, Porter MB, Pretorius DH, Timor-Tritsch IE. Diagnostic criteria for nonviable pregnancy
early in the first trimester. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 10;369(15):1443-51.
Feodor Nilsson S, Andersen PK, Strandberg-Larsen K, Nybo Andersen AM. Risk factors for miscarriage
from a prevention perspective: a nationwide follow-up study. BJOG: An International Journal of
Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2014;121(11):1375-1385.
Larsen EC, Christiansen OB, Kolte AM, Macklon N. New insights into mechanisms behind miscarriage.
BMC medicine. 2013;11:154. PubMed PMID: 23803387. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3699442.
Mohan S, Page LM, Higham JM. Diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding. Best Practice & Research
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2007;21(6):891-903.
Counseling & Patient Preferences
Wallace RR, Goodman S, Freedman LR, Dalton VK, Harris LH. Counseling women with early pregnancy
failure: Utilizing evidence, preserving preference. Patient Education and Counseling. 2010;
81(3):454-461.
Dalton VK, Harris LH, Weisman CS, Guire K, Castleman L, Lebovic D. Patient preferences, satisfaction, and
resource use in office evacuation of early pregnancy failure. Obstetrics & Gynecology.
2006;108(1):103-110.
Wiebe ER, Adams LA. Women's experience of viewing the products of conception after an abortion.
Contraception. 2009;80:575-577.
(This article is based on patients receiving induced abortions, but may also apply to viewing
products of conception among miscarriage patients.)
Wieringa-De Waard M, Hartman EE, Ankum WM, Reitsma JB, Bindels PJ, Bonsel GJ. Expectant
management versus surgical evacuation in first trimester miscarriage: health-related quality of
life in randomized and non-randomized patients. Hum.Reprod. 2002 Jun;17(6):1638-1642.
Geller PA, Psaros C, Kornfield SL. Satisfaction with pregnancy loss aftercare: are women getting what
they want? Arch Womens Ment Health 2010 Apr;13(2):111-124.
Smith, L.F., et al., Women's experiences of three early miscarriage management options: a qualitative
study. Br J Gen Pract. 2006. 56(524): p. 198-205.
Training Interventions in Miscarriage Management
Paul M, Nobel K. Papaya: A simulation model for training in uterine aspiration. Fam Med. 2005
April;37(4):242-4.
Darney BG, VanDerhei D, Weaver MR, Stevens NG, Prager SW. “We have to what?”: Lessons learned
about engaging support staff in an Interprofessional intervention to implement MVA for
management of spontaneous abortion. Contraception. 2013; 88(2); 221-225
Darney BG, Weaver MR, Stevens N, Kimball J, Prager SW. The family medicine residency training
initiative in miscarriage management: impact on practice in Washington State. Fam Med. 2013
Feb;45(2):102-8.
Darney BG, Weaver MR, VanDerhei D, Stevens NG, Prager SW. “One of those areas that people avoid” a
qualitative study of implementation in miscarriage management. BMC Health Services Research.
2013, 13:123.
Please contact TEAMM with any questions or for more information: teamm@uw.edu
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