Clinical values of combined detection of serum progesterone and human chorionic gonadotropin on predicting early pregnancy outcome

Objective To investigate the predictive value of the combined detection of serum progesterone (P) and human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) rise in 48 h on early pregnancy outcome.Methods Two hundred and eighty-seven cases of pregnant women were divided into normal control group,threatened abortion group,inevitable abortion group and ectopic pregnancy group. Using the ECL/RTA technology, the relationships of P and pregnancy outcome, β-HCG rise in 48 h and changes of pregnancy outcome were observed. Results P and β-HCG of the normal group and threatened abortion group were significantly higher than other groups. People whose P was greater than 20 μg/L appeared lower adverse intrauterine pregnancy outcome and ectopic pregnancy. People whose P was less than 10 μg/L during early pregnancy appeared higher rate of adverse intrauterine pregnancy outcome and ectopic pregnancy. The differences between the two groups were significant (P<0.05). The group whose 48 h β-HCG increased significantly had higher rate than the one whose 48hβ-HCG rise was not satisfactory in good intrauterine pregnancy outcome. Adverse outcomes of intrauterine pregnancy rate and ectopic pregnancy rate were relatively low. There were significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05) Conclusions During early pregnancy, the combined detection of P and 48 h β-HCG rise had important clinical value in predicting the pregnancy outcome and guiding therapy. Key words: Early pregnancy;  Progesterone;  β- Chorionic gonadotropin;  Pregnancy outcome