Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 3 , Pages 286-290 , September 2010

Complication rates and utility of intravenous access for surgical abortion procedures from 12 to 18 weeks of gestation

  • Christina M. Racek

      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 1403; fax: +1 412 641 1133.

Received 29 November 2009 ,Revised 28 January 2010 ,Accepted 28 January 2010.

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☆ This abstract was presented in part as an oral presentation at the Society of Family Planning and Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Annual Meeting, Hollywood, CA, USA, October 1, 2009.

PII: S0010-7824(10)00044-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.01.024

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 3 , Pages 286-290 , September 2010

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