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Early pregnancy bleeding - threatened miscarriage and viability

HIGH-YIELD Appears 2×
Teaching point

Minimal vaginal bleeding with a normal-sized uterus, positive hCG, closed os and no passed tissue = threatened miscarriage. Fetal viability is established by transvaginal ultrasound (visualising a fetal pole with cardiac activity); quantitative hCG does not show viability.

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