Strategies to prevent unintended pregnancy: increasing use of long-acting reversible contraception

PD Blumenthal, A Voedisch… - Human reproduction …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Despite increasing contraceptive availability, unintended pregnancy
remains a global problem, representing as many as 30% of all known pregnancies. Various …

Safety and benefits of contraceptives implants: a systematic review

ML Rocca, AR Palumbo, F Visconti, C Di Carlo - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Progestin-only contraceptive implants provide long-acting, highly effective reversible
contraception. We searched the medical publications in PubMed, CENTRAL, and EMBASE …

Contraceptive discontinuation attributed to method dissatisfaction in the United States

C Moreau, K Cleland, J Trussell - Contraception, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This study examines contraceptive discontinuation due to method
dissatisfaction among women in the United States. STUDY DESIGN: The study population …

Menorrhagia: an update

MK Oehler, MCP Rees - Acta obstetricia et gynecologica …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Menorrhagia is defined as a'complaint of heavy cyclical menstrual bleeding occurring over
several consecutive cycles'. Objectively it is a total menstrual blood loss equal to or greater …

Unique aspects of the elderly surgical population: an anesthesiologist's perspective

R Yang, M Wolfson, MC Lewis - … orthopaedic surgery & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing life expectancies paired with age-related comorbidities have resulted in the
continued growth of the elderly surgical population. In this group, age-associated changes …

Prevalence of unwanted pregnancy in Iran: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Moosazadeh, M Nekoei‐moghadam… - … journal of health …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Different studies show that a considerable number of pregnancies are
unwanted and can have side effects on mothers'‚children's and finally society's health …

Copper containing, framed intra‐uterine devices for contraception

R Kulier, P O'Brien, FM Helmerhorst… - Cochrane Database …, 2007 - cochranelibrary.com
Copper containing, framed intra‐uterine devices for contraception - Kulier, R - 2007 | Cochrane
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Non-contraceptive uses of levonorgestrel-releasing hormone system (LNG-IUS)—a systematic enquiry and overview

R Varma, D Sinha, JK Gupta - … Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Levonorgestrel releasing-intrauterine systems (LNG-IUS) were originally developed as a
method of contraception in the mid 1970s. The only LNG-IUS approved for general public …

Safety, efficacy and patient acceptability of the contraceptive and non-contraceptive uses of the LNG-IUS

PH Bednarek, JT Jensen - International Journal of Women's Health, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) provide highly effective, long-term, safe, reversible contraception,
and are the most widely used reversible contraceptive method worldwide. The …

A three-year comparative study of continuation rates, bleeding patterns and satisfaction in Australian women using a subdermal contraceptive implant or progestogen …

E Weisberg, D Bateson, K McGeechan… - The European Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs) are safe, highly
effective, readily reversible, and require no action on the part of the user following insertion …