Early Pregnancy Termination with Mifepristone and Misoprostol in the United States

1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 556-558
Author(s):  
Irving M. Spitz ◽  
C. Wayne Bardin ◽  
Lauri Benton ◽  
Ann Robbins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Pregnancy Termination ◽  
The United States

Early Pregnancy Termination with Mifepristone and Misoprostol in the United States

1998 ◽  
Vol 338 (18) ◽  
pp. 1241-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irving M. Spitz ◽  
C. Wayne Bardin ◽  
Lauri Benton ◽  
Ann Robbins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Pregnancy Termination ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Maternal Abortifacient use for Clandestine Abortion

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana L. Hopson ◽  
Jennifer Ross
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Pregnancy Termination ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clinical Staff ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Future ◽  
At Home

Abortion is a highly debated topic. In the United States and other developed countries, the vast majority of abortions performed are done in a clinical setting or under the supervision of clinical staff. However, clandestine abortions still occur. Previously published reports have described clandestine abortions performed using crude and often dangerous methods. In the United States, published reports on the clandestine use of medications for abortions is rare. We report a series of cases in which maternal use of misoprostol and or a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone was used or suspected to have been used for the purpose of at-home pregnancy termination. These medications, purchased from Internet sites, were believed to have been shipped from countries outside of the United States. With ready accessibility to and increased prevalence of these sites on the Internet, it is likely that maternal abortifacient use will become more common in the future. This paper will provide guidance for the investigation and workup of these cases that come to the attention of the medical examiner or coroner.

scholarly journals Barriers and Enablers to Family Physicians’ Provision of Early Pregnancy Loss Management in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Gabrielle deFiebre ◽  
Silpa Srinivasulu ◽  
Lisa Maldonado ◽  
Diana Romero ◽  
Linda Prine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Pregnancy Loss ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Pregnancy Loss ◽  
Barriers And Enablers

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

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