MM-TI
Miscarriage Management
Training Initiative
Miscarriage Management Bibliography and Digital Resources
Miscarriage management evidence reviews:
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.
Weeks A, Danielsson KG. Spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester. BMJ.
2006;332:1223-1224.
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.e441-445.e445.
Miscarriage diagnosis:
Deutchman M, Tubay AT, Turok DK. First trimester bleeding. American Family
Physician. 2009;79(11):985-992, 993-994.
Mohan S, Page LM, Higham JM. Diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding. Best Practice
& Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaeology. 2007;21(6):891-903.
Counseling and 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;In press.
*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.
The Wiebe (2009) article above is based on patients receiving induced abortions,
but may also apply to viewing products of conception among miscarriage patients
MVA resources:
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/Publications/asset_upload_file30_4749.pdf?ht=mva%20early
%20pregnancy%20loss%20mva%20early%20pregnancy%20loss
Accessed Dec 2, 2010.
Miscarriage management in Family Medicine:
*Griebel CP, Halvorsen J, Golemon TB, Day AA. Management of spontaneous abortion.
American Family Physician. 2005;72(7):1243-1250.
*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.
*Prine LW, MacNaughton H. Office management of early pregnancy loss. Am Fam
Physician. 2011;84(1):75-82.
* articles are included in your packets
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A comprehensive bibliography of 1st trimester miscarriage literature (current to 2007) is
available at:http://www.misoprostol.org/File/Biblio_misc_1.php Accessed Dec 3, 2010.
Network Digital Library Resources (NDRL)
The NDRL is a collection of electronic resources that support teaching and research in
WWAMI Family Medicine Residencies.
The RTI-MM page on the NDRL indexes scholarly articles and technical brochures on:
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Early pregnancy loss
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Miscarriage diagnosis
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Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) as a treatment for miscarriage
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Technical information on Ipas MVA equipment
https://depts.washington.edu/uwndrl/ndrl/curricular-clinical/miscarriage-managementresources
We have created a shared University of Washington NetID for your site. If you do not
have a UW NetID, you may log into the digital library using the following NetID and
password:
Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency
NetID: psfm
Password: puget001!
If you are eligible for a UW NetID but do not have one, please contact Paul Ford at
pmford@uw.edu for more information.
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