A perinatal nurse is working with a woman who has had four perinatal losses in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.The nurse should anticipate orders for which of the following diagnostic tests?

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Patients who experience habitual (three or more)spontaneous abortions may be offered these tests as part of the diagnostic workup: a karyotype obtained from the products of conception and from both parents and an examination of the maternal anatomy,beginning with a hysterosalpingogram.Additional testing may include hysteroscopy or laparoscopy; screening tests for maternal hypothyroidism,diabetes mellitus,antiphospholipid syndrome (APS),and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); testing of the serum progesterone level during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; cultures of the cervix,vagina,and endometrium; and endometrial biopsy during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.Sickle cell screening would not be part of this workup.

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