OBJECTIVE Training midlevel providers (MLPs) to conduct surgical abortions and manage medical abortions has been proposed as a way to increase women's access to safe abortion. This paper reviews the evidence that compares the effectiveness and safety of abortion procedures administered by MLPs versus doctors. METHODS A systematic search was conducted of published trials and comparison studies...

Having had a rather large experience in the treatment of these cases, and feeling that the profession, as a rule, have not very definite ideas on the subject, I am induced to place before my readers, in a very brief and practical manner, a line of treatment which has proved of service in my own practice. In the first place, I shall assume that the question of the patient being pregnant is set a...

Background: Prevalence of hydatidiform mole is not clearly defined, partly because most studies have reported different prevalence rates from different regions. However, there is no previous study that has determined the prevalence and associated risk factors of HM among patients with incomplete abortion evacuated at Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) and Sekou Toure Regional Hospital (STRH). Methods...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess women´s acceptability of diagnosis and treatment of incomplete abortion with misoprostol by midwives, compared with physicians. METHODS This was an analysis of secondary outcomes from a multi-centre randomized controlled equivalence trial at district level in Uganda. Women with first trimester incomplete abortion were randomly allocated to clinical assessm...