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..To compare pregnancy intention and domestic violence among women with induced and spontaneous abortion...

Information on incidence of induced abortion is crucial for identifying policy and programmatic needs aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy...

This paper explores the factors that influence the practice of induced abortion in a very low fertility society, with particular emphasis on son preference and three distinct religions: Confucianism, Buddhism and Christianity...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe two of the outcomes of pregnancy, induced abortion and miscarriage, in three African countries. Major maternal risk factors were also evaluated...

Studies of the association between induced abortion and breast cancer risk have been inconsistent, perhaps due to underreporting of abortions...

..that the negative effect of modern contraceptive use on the abortion rate is 51 percent greater than the negative effect of religiosity, and we highlight the implications of these findings for policies on reproductive health and family..

Miscarriage and induced abortion are life events that can potentially cause mental distress...

..To our knowledge this is the first report of induced abortion as successful treatment in acute hepatic porphyria induced status epilepticus.

..This study was conducted to assess the out come of septic induced abortion cases in a year...

..The results revealed that the IL-10 level was significantly decreased in the LPS-induced abortion group of mice compared to the controls...

..The present study focuses on how socio-economic characteristics and country of birth are associated with induced abortion.

Perception and attitude regarding prenatal screening and induced abortion vary across different populations. This study assesses the attitudes and perceptions regarding prenatal screening and induced abortion among Pakistani adults.

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of mifepristone-induced abortion in only one horn but a growing fetus in another horn for a twin pregnancy in a bicornuate uterus. DESIGN: Case report...

..The rise in abortion rates in Iceland indicate a need for improved sex education, contraceptive services and availability of contraceptive methods for young people...

..We estimated the prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for, clandestine induced abortions in a Latin American country...

..To systematically identify, appraise and summarise all available studies documenting pregnancy and induced abortion among unmarried Chinese women attending premarital examinations.

..in interview-based case-control studies, controls are more likely than cases to underreport a history of induced abortion. A case-control study was conducted in White women under 45 years of age who had given birth in Washington ..

Previous research has revealed a general association between induced abortion and substance use. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation when substance use is measured specifically during a subsequent pregnancy.

..Improving access to safe second-trimester abortion, preventing delays during the abortion procedure, and adequate treatment of complications are key strategies for reducing abortion-related maternal mortality...

..This study examines the prevalence of Down syndrome before (1990-1993) and after inclusion of prenatally diagnosed cases (1994-1999) in a population-based registry of birth defects in metropolitan Atlanta...

To assess the risk of breast cancer in patients with a previous history of miscarriage or induced abortion.

..To examine the feasibility of monitoring C trachomatis prevalence and the impact of charging for screening on the uptake rate in this population...

Although Uganda's law permits induced abortion only to save a woman's life, many women obtain abortions, often under unhygienic conditions...

..To observe the effect of propofol combined with flurbiprofen axetil for abortion anesthesia...

The psychological consequences of induced abortion are complex and subject to both considerable controversy and methodological criticisms...

..We recommend that certification of facilities be liberalized and applied equally to government and private institutions. There is also a need to rapidly increase training capacity across the country...

..A surgical abortion is associated with an increased risk of antibiotic treatment compared to medical abortion. The women's need for follow-up might be higher than we expect...

..including 26,976 singleton pregnancies from 1989 to 2001, of which 2364 were among women with one prior induced abortion and 355 women had had at least two prior induced abortions...

..Immediate post-abortal insertion offers the advantage of being a painless procedure. The quality of counseling is critical to improving acceptance of post-abortion contraception...

..post-1990 literature concerning psychological experiences and sexual relationships prior to and following induced abortion. It assesses whether conclusions drawn from earlier reviews are still supported and evaluates the extent to ..

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Contraceptive counselling is an essential element of induced abortion services but concerns remain about its effectiveness.

To compare the psychological trauma reactions of women who had either a miscarriage or an induced abortion, in the 2 years after the event. Further, to identify important predictors of Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores.

..This paper reports a study of women's responses to abortion over an extended time...

..The results of this report are not conclusive, but it appears that the ingestion of plants to induce abortion involves the risk of severe morbidity and mortality...

..To assess the impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers compared with conventional education in terms of conceptions and terminations registered by the NHS...

..Attention to operative technique can reduce the risk of incomplete abortion. Routine postoperative care at 2 or 3 weeks is timed to identify complications and to reinforce pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention...

..Referral back to the original abortion provider for management is advisable. Overall, induced abortion does not lead to late sequelae, either medical or psychiatric...

..Major domains included relationships with partners, confiding in others and finding support, unselfish decision for self, and resolution of the crises. Empowerment was the integrating theme that unified the four domains...

..S. history. It might be important for abortion counselors to first ask a woman how she defines her pregnancy. A larger study is warranted...

..The higher rates of depression identified may be due to delayed reactions, persistence of depression, or some other common risk factor...

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..If folic acid supplementation is given, additional Zn supplementation should be considered for the further decrease in the recurrence and occurrence of NTDs...

..These strategies highlight inadequacies in the public healthcare system, while also pointing to important cultural paradoxes in the understanding of womanhood in contemporary Vietnam...

..Discrepancies between current findings and those of previous research using the same dataset primarily reflect differences in coding of a first pregnancy...

..We estimate the ascertainment and accuracy of records of Down syndrome (DS) on national and regional registers in England and Wales...

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b>Induced abortion is widely practiced in Indonesia by both married and unmarried women...

..To investigate whether the length of the interval between an abortion and the next pregnancy is associated with increased risks of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in Latin America...

..This study estimated the proportion of incomplete abortions that are induced in hospital-based settings in Tanzania...

..To determine whether a history of terminations of pregnancy influences subsequent pregnancies in terms of pregnancy risks, prematurity and neonatal biometrics...

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To describe the impact of the post-abortion family planning counseling in bringing about the contraceptive usage in women who had induced abortion in a family planning clinic.

..To determine the risk of uterine rupture when using misoprostol for second-trimester abortion in women with a history of cesarean delivery...

..Surgical methods are used almost exclusively at 10-13 weeks amenorrhoea...

..Evaluation results show that the programme is effective in both significantly increasing students' knowledge about AIDS/STDs and changing their attitude towards AIDS patients. In addition, the programme is highly praised by the students...

..Current strategies are aimed at reducing the incidence of unplanned teenage pregnancy and improving support for pregnant teenagers...

..The extent to which abortion has harmful consequences for mental health remains controversial. We aimed to examine the linkages between having an abortion and mental health outcomes over the interval from age 15-25 years...

..Acceptance rates were slightly higher with mifepristone than methotrexate (P =.03)...

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..husbands among a national sample of Bangladeshi women, (2) associations of unwanted pregnancy and experiences of husband violence, and (3) associations of miscarriage, induced abortion, and fetal death/stillbirth and such victimisation.

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..relatively early marriage with a motivation to have one child in their family and the tendency to use induced abortion as one of the methods of birth regulation...

..Secondly, to assess the impact of the lack of data on pregnancies terminated because of fetal anomaly...

..CONCLUSION: Simultaneous administration of mifepristone and vaginal misoprostol is a promising regimen for medical abortion up to 49 days gestation...

..To assess the efficacy of medical abortion performed according to a single protocol from 5 through 14 weeks...

..The prevalence of prostaglandin-related side effects, however, was higher with this route of administration...

..However, women should be advised about the greater likelihood of requiring stronger analgesia...

..001), in the 1- and 2-day interval groups respectively. Thus both 1- and 2-day mifepristone-misoprostol intervals are valuable in termination of second-trimester pregnancy...

..women younger than 23 years of age, women with more than 12 years of education and women with no previous induced abortion experience were more likely to experience a successful medical abortion...

..Therefore, dilatation and curettage should be avoided in these cases, unless clinical symptoms or signs necessitate surgical intervention...

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..The present study compared the efficacy of oral and vaginal administration of misoprostol after a single dose of 200 mg of mifepristone and evaluated the influence of continuing misoprostol for one week on efficacy and side effects...

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..To evaluate the success rate of medical abortion using an outpatient regimen of oral mifepristone 400 mg and oral misoprostol 400 microg for legal abortion in women < 56 days pregnant...

..This pilot study was designed to evaluate the outcome of medical abortion following simultaneous mifepristone (100 mg) and misoprostol (800 microg)...

..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of termination of pregnancy using mifepristone and misosprostol at more than 15 weeks' gestation in patients with uterine scar due to previous cesarean section...

..All women aborted within 38 hours. Administration of misoprostol is an effective clinical method to terminate second trimester, complicated pregnancy...

..Recently, a new oral slow-release preparation of misoprostol has been studied. Future studies will show whether prostaglandin analogues with a prolonged effect on the myometrium may further improve the regimens for medical abortion...

..The aim of the study was to assess the use, efficacy and factors influencing the outcome of medical abortion at 9-13 weeks' gestation...

..CONCLUSION: The combination of 200 mg mifepristone and vaginally administered misoprostol is a safe, effective and noninvasive regimen for termination of pregnancy between 12 and 20 weeks...

..To compare the efficacy and side-effects of mifepristone 75 mg in capsule form versus 150 mg in tablet form followed by misoprostol for medical termination of early pregnancy...

..Before 14 weeks gestation, the legal limit for termination of pregnancy in France, the choice between the surgical and medical alternatives should be left to the patient...

b>Induced abortion is still a major health problem in the world and the most frequently performed intervention in obstetrics and gynecology with an estimated total of 46 million worldwide each year...

..CONCLUSION: Two hundred milligrammes of mifepristone followed 36-48 hours later by either vaginal gemeprost or misoprostol is a highly effective way of inducing abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy...

..Previous termination was the strongest predictor of failed medical abortion...

..Mifepristone 200 mg followed by vaginal misoprostol 2 days later was more effective at inducing an abortion up to 9 weeks of pregnancy than the same dose of mifepristone followed by oral misoprostol...

..Though this regimen is promising, larger randomized trials comparing it to standard regimens are needed before widespread use...

..To investigate the efficacy of mifepristone and misoprostol for the termination of pregnancies in the late first trimester...

..The primary outcome measure was time to delivery. Secondary outcomes included: complication registration, need for pain relief and side effects...

..This study shows the feasibility of medical TOP in the developing world. It has the great advantage of significantly reducing the need for surgical termination where the required skills are scarce...

..2-year cohort study of 127 women, with gestation between 13 and 24 weeks and a live fetus, seeking induced abortion. The aim was to compare the effect of a 1-day and a 2-day interval between oral mifepristone (200 mg) and ..

..We assessed endometrial thickness, determined by ultrasound and serum-human chorionic gonadotropin (s-hCG) as markers of successful management...

..A combination of mifepristone and misoprostol provides an effective method of medical abortion for early pregnancy. A new route of administration of misoprostol, the sublingual route, was investigated in this study...

..3. Estimate up-to-date contraceptive use-failure rates corrected for underreporting of induced abortion, in order to inform and counsel sexually active couples who want to avoid becoming pregnant and to determine ..

..low saturated fat) diets with colorectal and breast cancer; and 3) lifestyle factors, such as breast-feeding, induced abortion, adolescent nutritional status, obesity/central obesity, and physical activity, particularly in relation to ..

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..women enrolled in an HMO in western Washington State to test the hypothesis that spontaneous abortion and induced abortion may increase risk of endometriosis, taking into account possible hormonal and immunological influences...

..in particular on ethnic differences in timing of first marriage, timing of marital births, and recourse to induced abortion. The proposed project will constitute a necessary initial step toward a more comprehensive study of ..

..4. To determine if meiotic functions constrain the strand invasion activity of a DNA end created by a DNA double strand break relative to its partner end. 5. To use a novel genomics approach to identify proteins that interact with Dmc1. ..

..In these women male DNA could originate from a spontaneous or induced abortion, from an older sibling passed via the maternal circulation to a subsequent pregnancy or from a twin...

..In these women male DNA could originate from a spontaneous or induced abortion, from an older sibling passed via the maternal circulation to a subsequent pregnancy or from a twin...

..half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended, and four in 10 of these pregnancies end in induced abortion (Finer, et al., 2006)...

..Failure of recombinational repair in mitosis is implicated in the etiology of breast cancer and other malignancies. ..

..Failure of recombinational repair in mitosis is implicated in the etiology of breast cancer and other malignancies. ..

..Failure of recombinational repair in mitosis is implicated in the etiology of breast cancer and other malignancies. ..

..Failure of recombinational repair in mitosis is implicated in the etiology of breast cancer and other malignancies. ..

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..If the effects of teen motherhood are adverse even for the population at-risk, then education about the consequences is a potentially effective intervention. ..

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..This study represents a unique and cost effective opportunity to study patient factors which are obstacles to depression treatment in women with low literacy and inform future interventions. ..

..These data, in concert with data from earlier Phases, will be used to test four models of developmental processes. ..

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..The results of this work will also have important implications for understanding the role of literacy in health care utilization for the larger group of term infants. ..