Obstetric outcome of second trimester antenatal bleeding

Objective: To evaluate the clinical significance of vaginal bleeding in pregnant women between 14th and 22th gestational weeks.Methods: This retrospective case-control study was conducted between September 2010 and December 2013. Two-hundred nineteen pregnant women with vaginal bleeding between 14th and 22th gestational weeks were compared with 325 pregnant women without vaginal bleeding for their maternal and early neonatal outcomes.Results: Mean gestational age and birth weight of study group were significantly different from those of the control group respectively (37.92.8 versus 38.9 +/- 1.4 and 3071 +/- 710 versus 3349 +/- 446 for groups p