Abortion in the first trimester

Abortion in the first trimester.

Placenta Percreta Resulting in Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion in First Trimester

First trimester procedural abortion in family medicine.

Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost one-third [corrected] of all women will have at least one abortion during their lifetime. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Although advances have been made in the provision of medical abortion in the family medicine setting, procedural methods remain the cornerstone of abortion care. We present a step...

Medical management of first-trimester abortion.

Practice Bulletins—Gynecology and the Society of Family Planning with the assistance of Mitchell D. Creinin, MD and Daniel A. Grossman, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warrant...

Manual vacuum aspiration for first-trimester abortion.

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and effectiveness of manual vacuum aspiration for abortion in a primary care office setting. DESIGN Retrospective chart audit. SETTING Private family practice office. PATIENTS A total of 1769 consecutive women who obtained an abortion in this office between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 1995, for whom 1677 medical charts were available for review. MAIN...