Lancet Series 2021: Miscarriage Matters
2021
This Lancet Series reviews the global evidence on miscarriage, calling for an overhaul of current medical care and advice offered to women have miscarriages. Though miscarriage is common and affects 1 in 10 women in their lifetime, private grief and misconceptions of how miscarriage occurs leads many women to feel at fault or manage alone. These mindsets are frequently echoed in health systems and national guidelines, simultaneously underestimating and dismissing the personal physical and mental consequences of a miscarriage. Papers in this series identify clear risk factors for miscarriage – increasing age (both of men and women), body-mass index, and being of Black ethnicity – and evidence-based, effective practices that increase livebirth rates. The Series offers for consideration a graded model of care, wherein health needs are evaluated and guidance provided to women based on the number of miscarriages experienced.
Series papers include:
- Miscarriage Matters: The Epidemiological, Physical, Psychological, and Economic Costs of Early Pregnancy Loss
- Sporadic Miscarriage: Evidence to Provide Effective Care
- Recurrent Miscarriage: Evidence to Accelerate Action
The series papers are also accompanied by a video summarizing key messages and an editorial.
Lancet Series 2021: Miscarriage Matters
Source:
Miscarriage Matters. The Lancet 2021. https://www.thelancet.com/series/miscarriage.