A comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography for determination of gestational age and clinical outcomes in women undergoing early medical abortion

Contraception

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Lohr, Patricia A ^a   Reeves, Matthew F ^b   Creinin, Mitchell D ^b,c  

^a BPAS   (United Kingdom)

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

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

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Medical abortion; Vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC POLE; EMBRYONIC, FETAL AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; GOLD STANDARD; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ABORTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76049114458     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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