First trimester procedural abortion in family medicine

Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost one-third [corrected] of all women will have at least one abortion during their lifetime. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Although advances have been made in the provision of medical abortion in the famil...

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Published inJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 169 - 174
Main Authors Lyus, Richard John, Gianutsos, Paul, Gold, Marji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2009
Subjects
Abortion, Induced - methods
Counseling
Family Practice
Female
Humans
Pain - prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, First
United States
Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical - adverse effects
Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical - instrumentation
United States
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Summary:Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost one-third [corrected] of all women will have at least one abortion during their lifetime. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Although advances have been made in the provision of medical abortion in the family medicine setting, procedural methods remain the cornerstone of abortion care. We present a step-wise review of first trimester procedural abortion using the manual vacuum aspirator to demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating this service into a primary care setting.
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ISSN:1557-2625
1558-7118
DOI:10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.070204