Risk of Subsequent Miscarriage Increases after Each Miscarriage in Patient visiting Shree Bhawani Hospital and Research Center

Dr. Nagmani Ram, Sangita Rai

Abstract: Subsequent miscarriage have an increased future risk of miscarriage .The purpose of the study was to find out whether subsequent miscarriage is a risk factor for further miscarriage or not. Case control was the method of study where the source of case was hospitalised patients with subsequent miscarriage and the source of control was general population. Simple random technique was used as method of sampling in which certain patients with subsequent miscarriage (20-30 years) age group were taken under the study. The sample size was 35 and odd ratio was used for the estimation of risk of disease associated with exposure. Subsequent miscarriage showed a risk of having further miscarriage 3.3 times than that of nulliparous women. Thus subsequent miscarriage can be considered as a major risk factor for future miscarriage.

Keywords: Miscarriage, risk factor, subsequent miscarriage