OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of a low dose of mifepristone (100 mg) in combination with misoprostol, in women undergoing medical termination of pregnancy up to gestation of 49 days. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective study was performed in 50 women (mean age 26.54±3.68 years) with single intrauterine pregnancy of up to 49 days of gestation, presenting to our institution between November 20...

Aim: To compare the complete abortion rate between manual vacuum aspiration and vaginal misoprostol for management of First-Trimester Incomplete Miscarriage in term Study design: Randomized Controlled Trial. duration: April 2022 to October 2022. Setting: Department Obstetrics & Gynecology Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur. Methods: A total 120 patients with were chosen equally divided in...

Objective. To investigate serum levels of free β-HCG, progesterone, and ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) and their combined use in the prediction of first trimester abortions. Methods. A total of 156 pregnant women between 5 and 13 weeks of gestational age were included in this study. At admission, serum levels of free β-HCG, progesterone, and IMA were noted and all cases were divided into two g...

BACKGROUND Incomplete spontaneous abortions are defined by the intrauterine retention of the products of conception after their incomplete or partial expulsion. This condition may be managed by expectant care, medical treatment or surgery. Vacuum aspiration is currently the standard surgical treatment in most centers. However, operative hysteroscopy has the advantage over vacuum aspiration of a...

The Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat undertook a study in 1994 to document the magnitude of abortion complications in Commonwealth member countries. The results of the literature review component of that study, and research gaps identified as a result of the review, are presented in this article. The literature review findings indicate a significant public health problem in th...

OBJECTIVE To describe the current management of incomplete abortion in South African public hospitals and to discuss the extent to which management is clinically appropriate. DESIGN A multicentre, prospective descriptive study. SETTING South African public hospitals that manage gynaecological emergencies. SAMPLE Hospitals were selected using a stratified random sampling method. All women ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of introducing misoprostol as first-line treatment for incomplete abortion at a secondary-level health facility. METHODS An open-label prospective study was conducted in a secondary-level health facility in Nigeria. Eligible women diagnosed with incomplete abortion received 400-μg sublingual misoprostol as first-line treatment. Nurse-midwives took the le...

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of mifepristone in combination with buccal misoprostol in women undergoing an early medical abortion (EMA) in Australia. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective, observational study of 13,345 EMAs (gestational age ≤ 63 days) conducted at 15 Marie Stopes International Australia clinics between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2011. INTERVENTION Oral mifepri...

Latar Belakang: Kematian ibu akibat abortus seringkali tidak dilaporkan sebagai penyebab kematian tetapi perdarahan atau sepsis. Abortus dapat terjadi secara sengaja dan dialami oleh semua hamil pada usia kehamilan muda. Di negara berkembang, lima utama adalah perdarahan, sepsis, hipertensi karena kehamilan, yang aman, partus lama. Selain itu, terbanyak selama sebesar 45,7%, 14,5%, infeksi 8%. ...