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THE INDUCTION OF THERAPEUTIC ABORTION USING INTRAVENOUS PROSTAGLANDIN E 2 * IN CHINESE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
PANG J. C. K.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the journal of the asian federation of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0377-0532
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1973.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - abortion , medicine , therapeutic abortion , prostaglandin , obstetrics , gestation , prostaglandin e2 , anesthesia , pregnancy , biology , genetics
The result of induction of abortion in 33 healthy multiparous Chinese patients has been reported, using intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E 1 at the dosage rare of 5 μg. per minute for 24 hours. The overall success rate of this method of induction of abortion was 49 per cent with 9 per cent complete abortion rate. The correlation between the success rate and the period of gestation, and the side effects were studied.