Contemporary management of early pregnancy failure

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-88

  Chen, Beatrice A ^a,c   Creinin, Mitchell D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Curettage; Early pregnancy failure; Mifepristone; Miscarriage; Misoprostol; Missed abortion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ABORTION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PERFORATION; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, MISSED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 33847142675     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31802f1233     Document Type: Review

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