• Aust Prescr · Dec 2021

    Review

    Medical abortion in primary care.

    • Deborah Bateson, Kathleen McNamee, and Caroline Harvey.
    • Family Planning New South Wales, Ashfield, Sydney.
    • Aust Prescr. 2021 Dec 1; 44 (6): 187-192.

    AbstractEarly medical abortion is a safe, cost effective and acceptable alternative to surgical abortion. It offers privacy and autonomy and can be provided by general practitioners who have completed an online training module. Abortion can be induced with mifepristone and misoprostol up to nine weeks of gestation. Apart from anticoagulation and severe anaemia, there are few contraindications and precautions for medical abortion. Obtaining informed consent requires the provision of information on expected effects, adverse effects and complications. The woman must know when to present to an emergency department. Follow-up must be arranged to ensure the abortion is complete. A serum human chorionic gonadotropin concentration or a low-sensitivity urine pregnancy test is used to confirm completion. Most contraceptive methods can be started immediately following medical abortion. If an intrauterine device is preferred, it should be inserted after confirming the abortion is complete.(c) NPS MedicineWise.

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