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Members of the PLRG share work at the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group attended and presented posters at the Association of Early Pregnancy Units (AEPU) Annual Scientific Meeting in the UK. Dr Josh Selva Jothi, Dr Laura Linehan and Louise Dooley travelled to York, sharing recent work from the Group on ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, pregnancy of unknown location, biochemistry and molecular science and service evaluations.
Poster presentations
| Paper title | Authors |
|---|---|
| A rare complication following surgical management of miscarriage | Anthony Sheppard, Daniel Galvin, Aidan Coffey, Stephen Power, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Enhancing outpatient medical management of early miscarriage: evaluating urine pregnancy tests compared to ultrasound follow-up in a tertiary maternity hospital | Josh Selva Jothi, Louise Dooley, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Evaluation of elective surgical management of first-trimester miscarriage service | Jochim J Knoetze, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Introduction of serum progesterone use to assist prediction of spontaneously resolving pregnancies of unknown location (PUL); a feasibility study | Louise Dooley, Josh Selva Jothi, Sinead Kavanagh, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Navigating the challenges of interstitial ectopic pregnancy: case report on timely diagnosis and surgical management | Josh Selva Jothi, Louise Dooley, Daniel Galvin, Tamara Kalisse, Karen McNamara, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Optimisation of use of early pregnancy serum biomarkers: a quality improvement (QI) project | Josh Selva Jothi, David Synnott, Louise Quinn, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| Staff experiences in an onsite maternity hospital and offsite community early pregnancy unit (EPU) | David Synnott, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan, Keelin O’Donoghue, Sara Leitao |
| Timeframe of early pregnancy unit review for women with early pregnancy complications presenting to a tertiary maternity unit emergency department | Olubunmi Adeniji, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
| What is an acceptable rate of negative laparoscopy for suspected ectopic pregnancy? | Aziza Khalid, Josh Selva Jothi, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan |
Pictured at AEPU 2024, Dr Josh Selva Jothi presenting a case report on timely diagnosis and surgical management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy
Louise Dooley presenting a feasibility study of the introduction of serum progesterone use to assist prediction of spontaneously resolving pregnancies of unknown location
Dr Josh Selva Jothi presenting an evaluation of urine pregnancy tests compared to ultrasound follow-up to enhance outpatient medical management of early miscarriage
More information
The AEPU Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 was held at the York Barbican on 04-05 November 2024. The aim of the AEPU is to provide education and resources to healthcare professionals working in early pregnancy to improve / maintain standards in provision of care to women and their partners in early pregnancy.