Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion : conclusions of an International Consensus Conference on Medical Abortion in early first trimestre, Bellagio, Italy
By: WHO - World Health Organization
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Contributor(s): UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human | Reproduction | OMS - Organización Mundial de la Salud | International Consensus Conference on Non-surgical (Medical) Abortion in Early First Trimester on Issues | Related to Regimens and Service Delivery (2004 : Bellagio, Italy).
[Geneva] : World Health Organization, 2006 Description: 35 p. ; 21 x 15 cm.ISBN: 92 4 159484 5 -- 978 92 4 159484 4.Subject(s): Aborto inducido -- métodos | Agentes abortivos | Servicios de la planificación familiar | Planificación familiar y reproducción humana | SaludDDC classification: 618.88 / W551f http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594845_eng.pdf (File size : 198 KB)| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Pre-abortion care -- What couynselling is needed by a woman with an unwanted pregnancy who is contemplating
abortion? -- What factors should be taken into account when counselling a woman about her choice between
medical and surgical abortion? -- What are the contraindications to medical abortion? -- Do any other
characteristics of the woman need to be taken into account in providing medical abortion? -- How should
pregnancy be confirmed ant gestation estimated? -- What clinical assessment an laboratory investigations are
required prior to medical abortion? -- What steps are necessary to minimize the risk of undiagnosed ectopic
pregnancy? -- Regimen for medical abortion -- What is the recommended regimen for medical abortion? -- Are
other doses of mifepristone possible? -- Are other doses or routes of administration of the prostaglandin
possible? -- What are the advantages and disadvantages of misoprostol versus gemeprost? -- Can other
prostaglandins be used? -- Is the interval between administration of mifepristone and prostaglandin crucial?
-- Can abortion Be Induced using prostaglandin alone? -- What pain relief should Be available to women during
medical abortion? -- Postabortion care -- If a woman has an incomplete abortion, is it necessary to evacuate
the uterus surgically? -- How should pelvic infection be diagnosed and treated after abortion? -- How should
the success of medical abortion be confirmed? -- How should ectopic pregnancy be identified after medical
abortion? -- Is there a risk of fetal anormality after an unsuccessful medical abortion? -- Which methodos of
contraception can a woman use after medical abortion? -- Issues related to provision of medical abortion
services -- Legal and regulatory issues -- Setting up a medical abortion service -- Obtaining the necessary
medicines -- Annex --
On 1-5 November 2004, in Bellagio, Italy, the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research,
Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), organized a meeting entitled International
Consensus Conference on Non-surgical (Medical) Abortion in Early First Trimester on Issues Related to Regimens
and Service Delivery (Annex 1). This document is the result of the deliberations of the participants in that
meeting, who included highly experienced researchers and clinicians in the area of medical
abortion.--Background.
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