Medical Termination of II Trimester Pregnancy

Launched by KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · Jul 16, 2018

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Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Women aged \>/= 18 years requesting a termination of pregnancy, for social, medical or foetal indications
• • gestational age 85 - 153 days (with ultrasonography),
• • willing and able to understand and participate after the study has been explained, with good understanding of Swedish or English language,
• • general good health,
• • single intra-uterine pregnancy,
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • do not wish to participate or unable to communicate in Swedish or English.
• • non-viable pregnancy (confirmed by ultrasonography).
• • a history or evidence of disorders that represent a contraindication to the use of Mifepristone or Misoprostol (adrenal pathology, steroid dependent cancer, porphyria, known allergy to the medication).
• • any pre-existing health conditions for whom the execution of a medical abortion as judged by the investigator could compromise their condition (Examples of health conditions of concern are: severe anaemia, severe asthma, haemorrhagic disorders, treatment with anticoagulants or corticoids, severe cardiac disease or hypertension, severe liver disease, severe kidney disease or severe psychiatric disorders).
• • Fetal malformation that may impact time-to-expulsion (such as hydrocephalus, hydrops/edema) or a duplex pregnancy.