Effectiveness of emergency contraception in women after sexual assault / 대한생식의학회지
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
; : 126-130, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of emergency single-dose levonorgestrel contraception in preventing unintended pregnancies among woman who visited the emergency department (ED) due to sexual assault (SA). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review in a university hospital in South Korea. Cases from November 10, 2006 to November 9, 2009 were enrolled. Information from the initial visit to the ED and subsequent follow-up visits to the gynecology outpatient clinic was collected. RESULTS: In total, 1,179 women visited the ED due to SA. Among them, 416 patients had a gynecological examination and 302 patients who received emergency contraception (EC) (1.5 mg single-dose levonorgestrel) at the ED due to SA were enrolled. Ten patients did not return for follow-up examinations. In follow-up visits at the outpatient clinic, two pregnancies were confirmed, which showed the failure rate of the EC to be 0.68%. CONCLUSION: Single-dose levonorgestrel EC is extremely effective at preventing pregnancy among victims of SA.
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Main subject:
Retrospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Levonorgestrel
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Contraception
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Contraception, Postcoital
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Emergencies
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Republic of Korea
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Gynecological Examination
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Ambulatory Care Facilities
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Gynecology
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
Year:
2013
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Article