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Chapter 44 - Practical Approaches to Termination of Pregnancy at Different Gestational Ages

from Section 5 - Termination of Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Teresa Bombas
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Early termination of pregnancy, late termination of pregnancy, preparation, risks

Keywords

Early and late termination of pregnancy
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 296 - 306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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World Health Organization. Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems, 2nd Ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Clinical Practice Handbook for Safe Abortion. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Medical Management of Abortion. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.Google Scholar
Wiebe, ER, Adams, L. Women’s perceptions about seeing the ultrasound picture before an abortion. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2009;14(2):97–102.Google Scholar
Verma, ML, Singh, U, Singh, N, et al. Efficacy of concurrent administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for termination of pregnancy. Hum Fertil 2017;20(1):43–7.Google Scholar
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Abortion Care. Abortion Care Guidance (NG140) 2019. Published: September 25, 2019.Google Scholar
Fiala, C, Bombas, T, Parachini, M, et al. Management of very early medical abortion: An international survey among providers. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2020; 246:169–76.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barnhart, K, van Mello, NM, Bourne, T et al. Pregnancy of unknown location: a consensus statement of nomenclature, definitions, and outcome. Fertil Steril 2011;95:857–66.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Bizjak, I, Fiala, C, Berggren, L et al. Efficacy and safety of very early medical termination of pregnancy: a cohort study. BJOG 2017;124:1993–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fiala, C, Agostini, A, Bombas, T et al. Early Medical Abortion. A Practical Guide for Health Care Professionals. 2nd Ed. 2018.Google Scholar
Westhoff, C, Dasmahapatra, R, Winikoff, B, Clarke, S. Predictors of analgesia use during supervised medical abortion. Contraception 2000;61:225–9. (b).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pocius, KD, Bartz, D, Maurer, R, Stenquist, A, Fortin, J, et al. (2016) Serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) trend within the first few days after medical abortion: A prospective study. Contraception 95:263–8.Google ScholarPubMed
Blee, K, Horner, PJ. New NICE abortion care guidance: what does it mean for antibiotic use? BMJ Sex Reprod Health 2020;0:1. doi:10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200627.Google Scholar
Gemzell-Danielsson, K, Fiala, C, Agostini, A et al. Medical Abortion Beyond the 1st Trimester Including Fetal Death in Utero. A Practical Guide for Health Professionals. 2015.Google Scholar

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