Modern methods to induce abortion: safety, efficacy and choice

N Kapp, PA Lohr - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abortion care is a fundamental part of women's reproductive health care. Surgical and
medical abortion methods are safe and effective throughout the gestational age range …

Commentary: no-test medication abortion: a sample protocol for increasing access during a pandemic and beyond

EG Raymond, D Grossman, A Mark, UD Upadhyay… - Contraception, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is acutely threatening access to essential health services,
including abortion [1]. Across all fields of medicine, changes in practice models are …

Self‐administered versus provider‐administered medical abortion

K Gambir, C Kim, KA Necastro… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The advent of medical abortion has improved access to safe abortion
procedures. Medical abortion procedures involve either administering mifepristone followed …

Perspectives among Canadian physicians on factors influencing implementation of mifepristone medical abortion: a national qualitative study

S Munro, E Guilbert, MS Wagner… - The Annals of Family …, 2020 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Access to family planning health services in Canada has been historically
inadequate and inequitable. A potential solution appeared when Health Canada approved …

Medication to manage abortion and miscarriage

J Beaman, C Prifti, EB Schwarz, M Sobota - Journal of General Internal …, 2020 - Springer
Abortion and miscarriage are common, affecting millions of US women each year. By age
45, one in four women in the USA will have had an abortion, and at least as many will have …

First trimester termination of pregnancy

MW Lui, PC Ho - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Elsevier
First trimester termination of pregnancy (TOP) is a safe and effective procedure. The
complete abortion rates of surgical and medical abortion are approximately 97% and 95 …

90 YEARS OF PROGESTERONE: Selective progesterone receptor modulators in gynaecological therapies

HOD Critchley, RR Chodankar - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a chronic, debilitating and common condition affecting
one in four women of reproductive age. Current treatments (conservative, medical and …

[PDF][PDF] Leprosy hansen disease: management of reactions and prevention of disabilities: technical guidance

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
Executive summary Leprosy is an uncommon but widespread disease, with over 200 000
new cases per year, globally. Leprosy is unusual in that many of the most problematic …

Systematic review of the effectiveness, safety, and acceptability of mifepristone and misoprostol for medical abortion in low-and middle-income countries

I Ferguson, H Scott - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Abortion-related complications remain one of the leading causes of maternal
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nearly half of all abortions are unsafe, and the vast …

Effect of a smartphone intervention on self‐managed medication abortion experiences among safe‐abortion Hotline clients in Indonesia: a randomized controlled trial

C Gerdts, RT Jayaweera… - … of Gynecology & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the impact of a smartphone application (app) providing information
and support for medication abortion (MA) on the primary outcomes of 'feelings of support'and …