Early Pregnancy Factor as a Marker for Assessing Embryonic Viability in Threatened and Missed Abortions
作者:
S.K. Shahani,
C.L. Moniz,
A.D. Bordekar,
S.M. Gupta,
K. Naik,
期刊:
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
(Karger Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 37,
issue 2
页码: 73-76
ISSN:0378-7346
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1159/000292528
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Early pregnancy factor;Threatenend abortion;Missed abortion
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
It is now well recognized that the presence of early pregnancy factor (EPF) can signify the occurrence of fertilization, continuation of pregnancy and the existence of a viable embryo. With this in view, a study was undertaken to observe the potential of EPF as a marker in assessing embryo viability in cases complicated with vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy. The results indicated that the sensitivity of EPF as a marker in predicting threatened or missed abortion was 78.9% and the specificity 95.6%. The positive predictive value was observed to be 93.8% and the negative predictive value 84.6%. Our studies have shown that since EPF is present in viable but absent in non-viable pregnancies, it could be a useful marker of prognostic value in threatened abortions.
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