Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 122-128 , February 2009

Low-dose fentanyl and midazolam in outpatient surgical abortion up to 18 weeks of gestation

  • Leah C. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Beatrice A. Chen

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Mitchell D. Creinin

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3180, USA. Tel.: +1 412 641 1441; fax: +1 412 641 1133.

Received 28 May 2008 ,Revised 27 August 2008 ,Accepted 28 August 2008.

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 Poster presentation at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 6, 2008.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00431-9

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.08.005

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 122-128 , February 2009

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