Institutionalization of postpartum intrauterine devices

Ultrasonography of intrauterine devices

The intrauterine device (IUD) is gaining popularity as a reversible form of contraception. Ultrasonography serves as first-line imaging for the evaluation of IUD position in patients with pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, or absent retrieval strings. This review highlights the imaging of both properly positioned and malpositioned IUDs. The problems associated with malpositioned IUDs include expul...

Acceptability for the use of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive devices: Assiut experience.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the acceptance of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive devices (PPIUCD) among the inhabitants of Assiut governorate, Egypt and to study the factors that influence this acceptance. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Contraceptive counseling was given to 3,541 clients: 1,880 and 1,661 during the antenatal visits and postpartum hospitalization, respectively. Acceptors during antenatal ...

Annotated Bibliography of Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device

Intrauterine devices: an update.

Three intrauterine devices (IUDs) are available in the United States: the copper T 380A and two levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs, one that releases 20 mcg of levonorgestrel per 24 hours, and one that releases 14 mcg per 24 hours. All are safe and effective methods of contraception that work predominantly by prefertilization mechanisms. The copper T 380A IUD may be placed in nonpregnant women at an...

Intrauterine contraceptive devices.

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the intrauterine contraceptive devices (I.U.C.D.) both as a means of controlling the world population explosion and as another contraceptive for use in routine family planning. The characteristic of the intrauterine device method which disti'nguishes it from all other methods of contraception is that its' effectiveness is largely independ...