OBJECTIVE To determine the missed appointment rate and evaluate the factors related to appointment adherence in adolescent patients, based on the patients' characters and services provided. MATERIAL AND METHOD All medical records in adolescent clinic at Siriraj Hospital between 2004 and 2009 were reviewed Patients that visited the clinic at least twice with the follow-up visit order were recr...

background: induced abortion is the medical or surgical termination of pregnancy before fetal viability. it has maternal or fetal indications. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of methotrexate and misoprostol for termination of the pregnancy in the first trimester.   methods: this analytic study was performed on 100 women at the first trimester of preg...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether the concentration of disintegrin and metalloprotease protein12 (ADAM12) in first trimester maternal serum can be used as a marker for first-trimester complete spontaneous abortions, missed abortions, ectopic pregnancies and hydatidiform moles. METHODS The maternal serum concentrations of ADAM12 were measured in the range of 5-9+6 weeks...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the risk of adverse birth outcome in women who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING Population based cohort study and a case-control study, both based on data from a prescription registry, the Danish birth registry, and one county's hospital discharge registry. PARTICIPANTS COHORT STUDY: 1462 pregnant women who had taken up pr...

Many women experience miscarriage every year. Every fourth woman who has given birth reports that she has previous experience of miscarriage. In a study of all women in the Swedish Medical Birth Register 1983-2003, we found that the number of cases of self reported miscarriage had increased in Sweden during this 21 year period. This increase can be explained by the introduction of sensitive pre...

Objective: The aim of this study was to apply Swanson’s Middle Range Caring Theory to the follow-up visit with a midwife for Swedish women who have suffered early miscarriage or received care for late missed miscarriage in pregnancy week 18 20. Methods: Twenty-five tape recorded interviews with women four weeks after their early miscarriages and thirteen tape recorded semi-structured interviews...

Background: Induced abortion is the medical or surgical termination of pregnancy before fetal viability. It has maternal or fetal indications. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of methotrexate and misoprostol for termination of the pregnancy in the first trimester. Methods: This analytic study was performed on 100 women at the first trimester of pregna...

Objective To conduct systematic analyses to evaluate the efficacy of progesterone therapy for the prevention of miscarriages in pregnant women experiencing threatened abortion. Methods In November 2016, we performed a systematic literature search and identified 51 articles in PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases. We identified nine randomized trials that included 913 pregnant women (includi...