Detecting miscarriage by testing progesterone levels

British scientists found that testing of progesteron levels (female hormones increased during pregnancy) helps determine the ability to hold babies or not, according to myhealthnewsdaily.

Doctors may recommend ultrasound ultrasound, but 30% of cases give inaccurate results.

Testing of progesterone levels can determine whether or not to keep a pregnancy

The HCG hormone test (hormone that only appears when pregnant) may also be recommended by a doctor, but must be done several times to determine if it is possible to keep the pregnancy.

Scientists at the University of Birmingham (UK) found that just by testing progesterone levels combined with vaginal ultrasound can give the most accurate results.

Progesterone is an increased female hormone during pregnancy. Accordingly, the lower the concentration of progesterone, the higher the chance of not being able to keep the pregnancy.

They analyzed data of 26 studies on 9,436 pregnant women under 14 weeks. These women have abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding. About 2,300 of these women have ultrasound.

Among the ultrasound women, whose progesterone levels were less than 3 to 6 nanograms / ml, the probability of not being pregnant was 99%.

In non-ultrasound women, 96% of those with progesteron levels below 10 nanograms / ml did not keep the pregnancy.

The study is published on the British Medical Journal.