Mifepristone and second trimester pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality in Western Australia: Worth the effort

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a,b   Brownell, Phoebe ^a   McGinnis, Kaitlin ^a   Nathan, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Women and Infants Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical termination; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Pregnancy termination; Second trimester

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARITY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETAINED PLACENTA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77049100288     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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