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  Abortion Risks - Risks of Abortion Procedures
This surgical abortion is done during the second trimester of pregnancy.
Two days later, if the abortion has not occurred, she is given a second drug which causes cramps to expel the embryo.
Abortion also carries the risk of significant complications such as bleeding, infection, and damage to organs.
www.pregnancycenters.org /abortion.html   (1431 words)

  
  Miscarriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An incomplete abortion is the miscarriage of a fetus in a pregnancy when tissue has been passed, but some remains in utero.
It may follow an incomplete miscarriage and previously was a problem for pregancies that occurred if a Dalkon Shield IUD had failled in its contraception.
A missed abortion is the miscarriage of a fetus in a pregnancy when the fetus has died, but remains in the uterus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Incomplete_abortion   (1635 words)

  
 Making a decision about your pregnancy: About Abortion Methods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Medical abortion is achieved by the action of drugs that interfere with the growth and continued development of the fetus.
Following an abortion, the woman is observed in the doctor's office for any immediate signs of problems and she will be instructed about what to watch for after she leaves the doctor's office.
Each woman having an abortion will experience the procedure differently from an emotional perspective based on the facts of her decision and circumstances such as her age, stage of pregnancy, and her religious beliefs.
www.hss.state.ak.us /dph/wcfh/informedconsent/abortion.htm   (2243 words)

  
 Dangers of Incomplete Abortion
Most incomplete abortions occur in women whose pregnancies have reached eight weeks or more from the time of conception, or 10 weeks LMP (last menstrual period).
Incomplete abortion can also be prolonged bleeding lasting two or more weeks.
She scheduled an abortion, a D&C, which is how incomplete abortions are dealt with.
www.sisterzeus.com /Incomplete.htm   (752 words)

  
 abortion services, Texas: Aalto Women's Center offers abortion services and gyn services in Houston, Texas - Si habla ...
Some abortion facilities routinely perform the same procedures in 2 days, with the resulting additional hidden cost to the patient secondary to lost wages, increased childcare cost, and transportation burdens for both patient and her driver.
Upon completion of the abortion procedure, patients are taken to the recovery room, where vital signs and bleeding are closely monitored.
Substance abuse is strongly discouraged in the aftermath of abortion procedures.
www.aaltowomenscenter.com /abortionservices.htm   (520 words)

  
 POPLINE records from Population Reports Bibliographies
In a study to assess the efficacy of and safety of vacuum aspiration syringe in the management of incomplete abortion, 300 patients with nonseptic abortion were evacuated by their method in the ward.
The role of abortion in fertility decline was greatest in Brazil, where the general fertility rate would have been nearly 13% higher in the early 1990s if the abortion ratio had not increased from its level in the late 1970s.
In countries where abortion is illegal, a range of approximate levels of induced abortion can be calculated from data on the number of women hospitalized for treatment of abortion complications, after correcting for underreporting and misreporting and adjusting to eliminate spontaneous abortions.
www.infoforhealth.org /pr/l10/l10.shtml   (11725 words)

  
 incomplete miscarriage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In an incomplete miscarriage, part of the fetal tissue stays inside the womb.
An incomplete miscarriage occurs when some of the tissue remains in the uterus and the cervix stays open.
An incomplete miscarriage is not catching and poses no risk to others.
www.northmemorial.com /HealthEncyclopedia/content/1961.asp   (1185 words)

  
 Pregnancy Centers Online
This surgical abortion is done early in the pregnancy up until 7 weeks after the woman's last menstrual period.
This surgical abortion is done during the second trimester of pregnancy.
Also known as the Abortion Pill, this medical abortion is used for women who are within 30 to 49 days after their last menstrual period.
www.optionline.org /considering.html   (1227 words)

  
 Abortion, spontaneous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Abortion is the separation of products of conception from the uterus prior to the potential for fetal survival outside the uterus.
Spontaneous abortion: refers to expulsion of all (complete abortion) or part (incomplete abortion) of the products of conception from the uterus prior to the 20th completed week of gestation.
Abortion is "threatened" when vaginal bleeding occurs early in pregnancy, with or without uterine contractions, but without dilatation of the cervix, rupture of the membranes, or expulsion of products of conception.
www.5mcc.com /Assets/SUMMARY/TP0001.html   (402 words)

  
 eMedicine - Abortion, Missed : Article by Verena T Valley, MD
By definition, a missed abortion is in utero death of the embryo or fetus before the 20th week of gestation with retained products of conception.
Missed abortions also may be referred to as blighted ovum, anembryonic pregnancy, or fetal demise.
Classic spontaneous abortion is defined as a clinically recognized (ie, by blood test, ultrasound) pregnancy loss before the 20th week of gestation.
www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic7.htm   (2173 words)

  
 Virtual Naval Hospital: Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology - 2nd Edition: The Health Care of Women in Military ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Left alone, some of these cases of incomplete abortion will eventually resolve spontaneously, but so long as there are non-viable pieces of tissue inside the uterus, the risks of bleeding and infection continue.
With a threatened abortion, the pain is central or suprapubic and the uterus itself may be tender.
Incomplete abortion and ruptured ectopic pregnancy are two of the most common medical emergencies requiring blood transfusion in women.
www.vnh.org /OBGYN/AbnormalPregnancy.htm   (5199 words)

  
 Postabortion Care Overview
WHO has identified the prompt treatment of incomplete abortion as an essential element of obstetric care that should be available at every district-level hospital.
Fortunately, treatment of uncomplicated incomplete abortions also can be provided at the primary care level or in family planning clinics through the use of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).
Because a woman seeking treatment for incomplete abortion already may have experienced an unwanted pregnancy either as the result of not using contraception or method failure, she may be in need of effective contraception.
www.reproline.jhu.edu /english/2mnh/2pa/chptr1.htm   (2483 words)

  
 Expectant, Medical, or Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Abortion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Spontaneous abortion is a common problem in everyday clinical practice, accounting for 15 to 20 percent of all recognized pregnancies.
Spontaneous inevitable or incomplete abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy is a common problem in everyday clinical practice, accounting for 15 to 20 percent of all recognized pregnancies.
Outcomes for expectant, medical, and surgical treatment of spontaneous incomplete abortion during the first trimester are presented in Table 5.
www.familypractice.com /journal/1999/v12.n01/1201.08/art-1201.08.htm   (3477 words)

  
 Reproductive Health Technologies Project - Abortion - Misoprostol for the Treatment of Incomplete Abortion and ...
Early pregnancy losses including incomplete abortion and miscarriage occur in 15-20% of all pregnancies and are most commonly treated surgically with dilatation and curettage, or manual or electric vacuum aspiration.
Medical management of incomplete abortion and miscarriage with misoprostol has been used successfully for some time and in a variety of settings without clear guidelines as to the appropriate, dose, route, timing and precautions.
In June 2004, RHTP and Gynuity Health Projects convened a group of experts with epidemiological, clinical and programmatic expertise in use of misoprostol for the treatment of incomplete abortion and miscarriage to develop consensus guidelines for this indication.
www.rhtp.org /abortion/misoprostol/incomplete.asp   (331 words)

  
 eMedicine - Abortion, Incomplete : Article by Verena T Valley, MD
By definition, an incomplete abortion is the partial expulsion of the products of conception before the 20th week of gestation.
Approximately 5% of spontaneous abortions occur because of genetic factors.
Ultrasound is useful in evaluation of incomplete abortion.
www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic5.htm   (2105 words)

  
 SCVPC Abortion Information
Death - In extreme cases, other physical complications from abortion including excessive bleeding, infection, organ damage from a perforated uterus and adverse reactions to anesthesia may lead to death This complication is very rare and occurs, on average, in less than 20 cases per year.
When the suction machine is turned on, you feel the strong force of the vacuum which is used to pull the placenta and fetus into parts small enough to pass out of your body through the suction tube.
The doctor opens your cervix, as described above, but in this case the abortion is done with a loop-shaped knife which is used to scrape the walls of your uterus, cutting the fetus and placenta into smaller parts and pulling them out of your body through the cervix.
www.scvpc.org /abortion.htm   (1185 words)

  
 References
Incomplete and inevitable abortion: treatment by suction curettage in the emergency department.
The use of suction curettage in incomplete abortion.
Macourt D. Incomplete abortion: an analysis of one method of management of incomplete abortion.
www.medscape.com /content/1999/00/41/78/417835/417835_ref.html   (451 words)

  
 Baptists for Life - Effects of Abortion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Repeat abortion is associated with 2-2.5 fold increase in low birth weight and short gestation in subsequent pregnancies when compared with either one live birth or one abortion.
Women who had two or more induced abortions are 2.7 times more likely to have future first trimester miscarriages and 3.2 times more likely to have a second trimester incomplete abortion than women with no history of induced abortion.
The rate of mortality from legal abortions and abortion related deaths from 1977 to 1982 was 0.6 per 100,000 abortion procedures for white women and 1.8 per 100,000 abortion procedures for African American women or women of other races.
www.bfl.org /effects.htm   (840 words)

  
 Burnaby General Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In January 1987, numerous media accounts document an alleged incomplete abortion performed at Burnaby General Hospital by well-known abortionist Dr. Nelson Savein.
Donna Harrison claimed that after her abortion of January 21, 1987, she passed "parts of the baby".
The claim states that the doctor failed to to ascertain that the abortion had not been completed successfully and a child was born on September 21, 1990.
www.interlife.org /clinic/burnaby.html   (134 words)

  
 AllRefer Health - Abortion - Incomplete (Incomplete Abortion)
AllRefer Health - Abortion - Incomplete (Incomplete Abortion)
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An abortion in which parts of the fetus or placental material is retained within the uterus.
health.allrefer.com /health/abortion-incomplete-info.html   (372 words)

  
 incomplete abortion - General Practice Notebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
An incomplete abortion is a where the products of conception have not been completely lost from the uterus.
Other causes of shock such as hypovolaemia may also occur and are associated with a tachycardia.
In the non-acute presentation a few days after an abortion, continued blood loss and a bulky, tender uterus may suggest that an abortion was incomplete and may necessitate an ERPC.
www.gpnotebook.co.uk /cache/865730569.htm   (227 words)

  
 HON Mother & Child Glossary, Abortion
Abortion refers to the expulsion of the foetus from the uterus, before it can survive by itself.
The term miscarriage refers to a late spontaneous abortion, see below, while a stillbirth refers to a spontaneous abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.
Infection of the contents of the uterus before, during, or after an abortion.
www.hon.ch /Dossier/MotherChild/complications/abortion.html   (195 words)

  
 Incomplete Abortion on British Woman Leaves Baby's Head Inside Her
Davina Chambers, a mother of three children, was undergoing treatment for Autoimmune Hepatitis, a disease that was causing her body to reject and attack her own liver.
Following the abortion, Chambers was told that she had been ultrascanned three times and everything was fine.
Among a history of complaints was that of a woman who arrived at the local hospital after an abortion, with the unborn child's head still insider her.
www.lifenews.com /nat729.html   (579 words)

  
 Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Such early abortions are made possible by highly sensitive urine pregnancy tests which can detect pregnancy even before a missed period.
Although the success rate of medication abortion using the mifepristone/misoprostol evidence-based regimen is approximately 97%, aspiration is sometimes necessary to complete failed medication abortion or treat prolonged bleeding.
Incomplete evacuation: Using a cannula that is too small or stopping the aspiration too soon can result in retained tissue, subsequent hemorrhage, and infection.
www.arhp.org /healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/QRGMVA.cfm   (1940 words)

  
 Evacuating an abortion
A missed abortion is an intrauterine death during the first trimester or early in the second, after which the pregnancy is not expelled for at least another month.
A carneous mole is a continuation of a missed abortion, in which the dead fetus is surrounded by shells of organized blood clot.
In the second trimester the distinction is important, because an inevitable abortion is not ready for evacuation, whereas an incomplete one must be evacuated.
www.meb.uni-bonn.de /dtc/primsurg/docbook/html/x4952.html   (3116 words)

  
 Virtual Naval Hospital: Surgical Emergencies in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Obstetrical Problems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Inevitable abortion means the cervix has begun to dilate and bleeding is so heavy that spontaneous abortion must occur.
A complete abortion is the passage of all pregnancy tissue from inside the uterus.
It is sometimes difficult to know whether the abortion is "complete" or "incomplete." To resolve this issue, some gynecologists recommend DandC for all patients who miscarry, while others recommend DandC only for those who obviously have an incomplete abortion, and those who continue to bleed and cramp.
www.vnh.org /SurgicalOB/obstetri.html   (1789 words)

  
 Embryonic Death and Incomplete Abortion
When a patient has passed clots and tissue, ultrasound is useful to look for retained products of conception.
If these are seen, the term "incomplete abortion" is used.
When a pregnancy sac has been retained in utero for a prolonged period, vascular lacunae in the placenta enlarge as the villi degenerate.
www.obgyn.ufl.edu /ultrasound/MedinfoVersion/sec5/5_3.html   (90 words)

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