Incidence of emergency department visits and complications after abortion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Upadhyay, Ushma D ^a,b,c   Desai, Sheila ^a,b,c   Zlidar, Vera ^a,b,c   Weitz, Tracy A ^a,b,c   Grossman, Daniel ^a,b,c   Anderson, Patricia ^a,b,c   Taylor, Diana ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^c Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL FEE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASPIRATION; ANESTHESIA; CURETTAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INDUCED ABORTION; INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTIVE AGENT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MEDICAID; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACUUM CURETTAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922971573     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000603     Document Type: Article

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