Oral misoprostol for the management of incomplete abortion in Ecuador

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Montesinos, Rolando ^a   Durocher, Jill ^b   León, Wilfrido ^a   Arellano, Mónica ^c   Peña, Melanie ^b   Pinto, Ernesto ^b   Winikoff, Beverly ^b  

^a Hospital Gineco Obstétrico Isidro Ayora   (Ecuador)

^b GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^c Centro Médico de Orientación y Planificación   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Incomplete abortion; Latin America; Misoprostol; Post abortion care

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHILL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSURIA; ECUADOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHIVERING; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 80053220671     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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