Oral versus self-administered vaginal misoprostol at home before surgical termination of pregnancy: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Oppegaard, Kevin Sunde ^a,b   Qvigstad, Erik ^a   Nesheim, Britt Ingjerd ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Klinikk Hammerfest ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VACUUM ASPIRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33644811948     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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