Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion : [Conclusions of an International Consensus Conference on Medical Abortion in an Early First Trimester : November 1-5, 2004 in Bellagio, Italy] / World Health Organization.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2006Description: vi, 35 p Media type:- Computermedien
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- 9789240681965
- 618.88
- RG734
- 2007 B-289
- WQ 440
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წიგნი | ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 საცავი. 1 კორპ. | 618.39 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2E63410 | Available | 2018-4079924015 |
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Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Background; Introduction; 1 What counselling is needed by a woman with an unwanted pregnancy who is contemplating abortion; 2 What factors should be taken into account when counselling a woman about her choice between medical and surgical abortion; 3 What are the contraindications to medical abortion; 4 Do any other characteristics of the woman need to be taken into account in providing medical abortion; 5 How should pregnancy be confi rmed and gestation estimated; 6 What clinical assessment and laboratory investigations are required prior to medical abortion.
7 What steps are necessary to minimize the risk of undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy8 What is the recommended regimen for medical abortion?; 9 Are other doses of mifepristone possible; 10 Are other doses or routes of administration of the prostaglandin possible; 11 What are the advantages and disadvantages of misoprostol versus gemeprost; 12 Can other prostaglandins be used; 13 Is the interval between administration of mifepristone and prostaglandin crucial; 14 Can abortion be induced using prostaglandin alone; 15 What pain relief should be available to women during medical abortion.
16 If a woman has an incomplete abortion, is it necessary to evacuate Postabortion care 16 If a woman has an incomplete abortion is it necessary to evacuate the uterus surgically17 How should pelvic infection be diagnosed and treated after abortion; 18 How should the success of medical abortion be confi rmed; 19 How should ectopic pregnancy be identifi ed after medical abortion?; 20 Is there a risk of fetal abnormality after an unsuccessful medical abortion; 21 Which methods of contraception can a woman use after medical abortion; Annex 1;.
Provision of safe abortion to the full extent of the law is an important component of reproductive health services. The development of methods of inducing abortion medically (non-surgically) has created alternative options to make abortion available to women in a variety of health-care settings. The topic has been reviewed extensively in the past five years and a number of evidence-based guidelines have been published. This booklet has no intention to repeat these guidelines, but rather to provide answers to frequently asked questions, based on a review of available evidence. By focusing on pr
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