Second-trimester surgical abortion practices: a survey of National Abortion Federation members

Contraception

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 492-499

  O'Connell, Katharine ^a   Jones, Heidi E ^a   Lichtenberg, E Steve ^b   Paul, Maureen ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Canada; Dilation and evacuation; Second trimester surgical abortion; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; DOXYCYCLINE; METHYLERGOMETRINE; MISOPROSTOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKILL; SURGICAL ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ABORTION, LEGAL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949087924     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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