Predictors and perception of pain in women undergoing first trimester surgical abortion

Contraception

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Singh, Rameet H ^a   Ghanem, Khalil G ^a   Burke, Anne E ^a   Nichols, Mark D ^b   Rogers, Kathy ^c   Blumenthal, Paul D ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seneca Women's Health Care   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Aspiration; Electric; Manual; Pain; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ABORTION; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 47849101526     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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