Table 1.

Pregnancy complications—definitions


Pregnancy loss

Weeks of gestation
Embryonic loss   Between 5 and 10  
Fetal loss   After 10  
Miscarriages   Before 20  
IUFD (still birth)   After 20  
First-trimester loss   5-12  
Second-trimester loss   13-24  
Third-trimester loss
 
After 24
 

Pregnancy loss

Weeks of gestation
Embryonic loss   Between 5 and 10  
Fetal loss   After 10  
Miscarriages   Before 20  
IUFD (still birth)   After 20  
First-trimester loss   5-12  
Second-trimester loss   13-24  
Third-trimester loss
 
After 24
 

Placental abruption indicates premature separation of a normally located placenta prior to delivery of the fetus; preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced or -aggravated hypertension that may be associated with proteinuria and/or other manifestations; and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a fetus small for gestational age (< 10th percentile, or < 3rd percentile [severe IUGR]).

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