Medical methods for first trimester abortion.
@article{Kulier2011MedicalMF, title={Medical methods for first trimester abortion.}, author={Regina Kulier and Nathalie Kapp and Ahmet Metin G{\"u}lmezoglu and George Justus Hofmeyr and Linan Cheng and Aldo Campana}, journal={The Cochrane database of systematic reviews}, year={2011}, volume={11}, pages={ CD002855 } }
BACKGROUND
Surgical abortion by vacuum aspiration or dilatation and curettage has been the method of choice for early pregnancy termination since the 1960s. Medical abortion became an alternative method of first trimester pregnancy termination with the availability of prostaglandins in the early 1970s and anti-progesterones in the 1980s. The most widely researched drugs are prostaglandins (PGs) alone, mifepristone alone, methotrexate alone, mifepristone with prostaglandins and methotrexate with…
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Medical methods for first trimester abortion.
- MedicineThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2022
The effectiveness and side effects of different medical methods for first trimester abortion are compared to identify the best dosage, regimen, and route of administration to optimise patient outcomes.
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- MedicineBMC Women's Health
- 2020
Combined regimens using mifepristone and misoprostol had lower rates of ongoing pregnancy, higher rates of successful abortion and satisfaction compared to misOProstol only regimens and the rate of serious adverse events was generally low.
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- 2018
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- 2009
Sonographic patterns of the endometrium in assessment of medical abortion outcomes.
- MedicineContraception
- 2013
Efficacy of combination of tablet mifepristone and misoprostol for first trimester pregnancy termination at different gestational age
- Medicine
- 2017
First trimester pregnancy can be successfully terminated with combination of mifepristone and misoprostol upto 63 days (9 weeks) of pregnancy.
Simultaneous compared to interval administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for medical abortion up to 10+0 weeks' gestation: a systematic review with meta-analyses
- MedicineBMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
- 2020
The published data support the use of simultaneous mifepristone and misoprostol for medical abortion up to 9+0 weeks in women who prefer this method of administration, and the quality of evidence was very low to moderate.
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- 2021
The majority of the pregnant women who took MTP pills presented with serious complications in the form of bleeding, incomplete/missed abortion, and ectopic pregnancy, and restriction of the over-the-counter dispensation of abortion pills needs to be strictly implemented.
Pain during medical abortion, the impact of the regimen: A neglected issue? A review
- MedicineThe European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception
- 2014
Standardised evaluation of pain is needed and the correlation between the dosage of misoprostol and the intensity of pain must be assessed in future studies.
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