منابع مشابه
Comparison of the Efficacy of Vaginal Misoprostol with and without Laminaria in Second Trimester Induction Abortion
Background & Aims: Therapeutic abortion in the second trimester pregnancy is the choice treatment in cases with severe anomalies or intrauterine fetal death. It can be done by a number of medical (e.g. misoprostol) or mechanical methods (e.g. laminaria). The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of misoprostol alone and misoprostol in combination with laminaria in the induction of secon...
متن کاملNeonatal morbidity and outcome of live born premature babies after attempted illegal abortion with misoprostol.
UNLABELLED Misoprostol is a synthetic prostaglandin currently employed to induce labor. Association with illegal abortion has been reported; however, neonatal outcome and morbidity after a failed attempt of abortion has not been described. OBJECTIVES To report the association between misoprostol self-medication and preterm labor and to assess perinatal risk factors, morbidity and early outcom...
متن کاملThe Back Alley Revisited: Sepsis after Attempted Self-Induced Abortion
While unsafe abortions have become rare in the United States, the practice persists. We present a 24-year-old female with a 21-week twin gestation who presented to the emergency department with complications of an attempted self-induced abortion. Her complicated clinical course included sepsis, chorioamnionitis, fetal demise, and a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorecto...
متن کاملMifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion: home administration of misoprostol in Guadeloupe.
Mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion promises to revolutionize reproductive health-care. Several simplifications of the standard three clinic visit regimen may be possible, however. Particularly in developing countries, access to the method can be greatly increased by eliminating the longest clinic visit. Indeed, shortly after mifepristone's introduction in Guadeloupe, a semi-developed Car...
متن کاملMissed abortion and application of misoprostol.
BACKGROUND Spontaneous abortion is categorized as threatened, inevitable, incomplete, complete, or missed. Abortion can be further categorized as sporadic or recurrent. By definition, a missed abortion is an in utero death of the embryo or fetus before the 20th week of gestation with retained conception products. Missed abortions may also be referred to as blighted ovum or an anembryonic pregna...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107689809100409