More Harm Than Good: The Lack of Evidence for Administering Misoprostol Prior to IUD Insertion

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1177-1179

  Waddington, Ashley ^a   Reid, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Intrauterine system; IUD; IUS; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO; AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MOUTH PAIN; MULTIPARA; NAUSEA; NULLIPARA; PAIN SEVERITY; PATIENT COMFORT; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MISOPROSTOL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS;

EID: 84894487410     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35465-2     Document Type: Article

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