The management of missed miscarriage in an outpatient setting: 800 versus 600 μg of vaginal misoprostol

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Barceló, Francisco ^a   De Paco, Catalina ^a   López Espín, Jose J ^b   Silva, Yolanda ^a   Abad, Lorenzo ^a   Parrilla, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

early pregnancy failure; early pregnancy loss; miscarriage; misoprostol; outpatient setting

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, MISSED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; OUTPATIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856953137     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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