Risk factors of stillbirths in Victoria (Australia): A case-control study.

Stillbirth is one of the most adverse pregnancy outcomes. The rate of stillbirth in high income countries has remained stagnant in recent decades. This study aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors of stillbirths specific to hospital-based deliveries in a secondary level hospital in Melbourne, Australia, over a 5-year period.

Increased endometrial vascularity and intraoperative haemorrhage among women undergoing surgical evacuation for retained product of conception.

The aim of this study was to ascertain the incidence of "increased endometrial vascularity" recorded in the ultrasound scan reports, in the context of RPOC and correlate this finding with the incidence of life threatening intra-operative bleeding. Ultrasound scan reports sometimes mention the presence of increased endometrial / sub-endometrial vascularity in the context of retained products of conception or secondary post partum haemorrhage. This raises the possibility of serious intra-operative haemorrhage in the minds of the junior doctors because of the possibility of arterio-venous malformation.