Medication Abortion Up to 70 Days of Gestation.
Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
/ administration & dosage
Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal
/ administration & dosage
Abortion, Induced
/ methods
Adult
Clinical Protocols
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Mifepristone
/ administration & dosage
Misoprostol
/ administration & dosage
Pregnancy
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
Journal
Contraception
ISSN: 1879-0518
Titre abrégé: Contraception
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0234361
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
19
8
2020
medline:
21
9
2021
entrez:
19
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Medication abortion, also referred to as medical abortion, is a safe and effective method of providing abortion. Medication abortion involves the use of medicines rather than uterine aspiration to induce an abortion. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medication abortion regimen includes mifepristone and misoprostol. The purpose of this document is to provide updated evidence-based guidance on the provision of medication abortion up to 70 days (or 10 weeks) of gestation. Information about medication abortion after 70 days of gestation is provided in other ACOG publications [1].
Identifiants
pubmed: 32807380
pii: S0010-7824(20)30301-2
doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2020.08.004
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
0
Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal
0
Misoprostol
0E43V0BB57
Mifepristone
320T6RNW1F
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
225-236Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.