Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Consensus Conference on Non-surgical (Medical) Abortion in Early First Trimester on Issues Related to Regimens and Service Delivery, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Conference Name:

International Consensus Conference on Non-surgical (Medical) Abortion in Early First Trimester on Issues Related to Regimens and Service Delivery (2004 : Bellagio, Italy)

Standardized Title:

Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion : conclusions of an International Consensus Conference on Medical Abortion in Early First Trimester, Bellagio, Italy. Russian

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aborifacients.

Abortion.

Birth control clinics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (41 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 practical issues, the answers should be particularly helpful to health-care personnel who are considering establishing, or already providing, a service for medical abortion in the early first trimester.

Contents:

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 pregnancy

8 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 surgically

17 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.

Notes:

Conclusion of an International Consensus Conference on Non-surgical (Medical) Abortion in Early First Trimester on Issues Related to Regimens and Service Delivery, 1-5 November 2004, Bellagio, Italy.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-4-068957-5

1-280-84169-9

9786610841691

92-4-068196-5

OCLC:

127111817