Effectiveness of emergency contraception in women after sexual assault / 대한생식의학회지
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
;
: 126-130, 2013.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-127484
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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Assunto principal:
Estudos Retrospectivos
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Seguimentos
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Levanogestrel
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Anticoncepção
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Anticoncepção Pós-Coito
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Emergências
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República da Coreia
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Exame Ginecológico
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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial
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Ginecologia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Gravidez
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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