The value of serum progesterone measurement in early pregnancy

Abstract EN

Design: Retrospective analysis of pregnancy outcome of the women who had serum progesterone measurement in early pregnancy.

Results: The study group included 55 pregnancies.

Forty two pregnancies had continued beyond 28 weeks gestation, 12 ended with spontaneous abortion and one was ectopic pregnancy.

Serum progesterone level was 20.48 + 6.066 in continuing pregnancy, 7.78 + 2.06 in spontaneous abortion group and 3.9 ng / L in the ectopic pregnancy.

The difference in the serum progesterone level was highly significant (P value < 0.0001).

Conclusion: Serum progesterone measurement is a reliable biochemical test in establishing the diagnosis of early pregnancy failure