dc.creatorBriozzo, L
dc.creatorVidiella, G
dc.creatorRodriguez, F
dc.creatorGorgoroso, M
dc.creatorFaundes, A
dc.creatorPons, JE
dc.date2006
dc.dateNOV
dc.date2014-11-17T06:27:38Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:58:05Z
dc.date2014-11-17T06:27:38Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:58:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:45:42Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:45:42Z
dc.identifierInternational Journal Of Gynecology & Obstetrics. Elsevier Ireland Ltd, v. 95, n. 2, n. 221, n. 226, 2006.
dc.identifier0020-7292
dc.identifierWOS:000242449700029
dc.identifier10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.07.013
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/53705
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/53705
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/53705
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1277840
dc.descriptionIntroduction: Worldwide, 13% of maternal deaths are caused by complications of spontaneous or induced abortion, 29% in Uruguay and nearly half (48%) in the Pereira Rossell Hospital. Purpose: This paper describes a risk reduction strategy for unsafe abortions in Montevideo, Uruguay, where over one-fourth of maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion. Methods: Although abortion is not Legal in Uruguay, women desiring abortions can be counseled before and immediately after to reduce the risk of injury. Women contemplating abortion were invited to attend a "before-abortion" and an "after-abortion" visit at a reproductive health polyclinic. At the "before-abortion" visit, gestational age, condition of the fetus and pathologies were diagnosed and the risks associated with the use of different abortion methods (based on the best available scientific evidence) were described. The "after-abortion" visit allowed for checking for possible complications and offering contraception. Resuits: From March 2004 through June 2005, 675 women attended the "before-abortion" and 495 the "after-abortion" visit, the number increasing over time. Some women (3.5%) decided not to abort, others were either not pregnant, the fetus/embryo was dead or the woman had a condition that permitted legal termination of pregnancy in the hospital (7.5%). Most women, however, aborted. All women used vaginal misoprostol in the doses recommended in the medical literature. There were no serious complications (one mild infection and two hemorrhages not requiring transfusion). Conclusion: The strategy is effective in reducing unsafe abortions and their health consequences. (c) 2006 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description95
dc.description2
dc.description221
dc.description226
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltd
dc.publisherClare
dc.publisherIrlanda
dc.relationInternational Journal Of Gynecology & Obstetrics
dc.relationInt. J. Gynecol. Obstet.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectunsafe abortion
dc.subjectmaternal mortality
dc.subjectrisk reduction strategy
dc.subjectmisoprostol
dc.subjectUruguay
dc.subjectHealth
dc.titleA risk reduction strategy to prevent maternal deaths associated with unsafe abortion
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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