{"title":"Follow up after early medical abortion: less is more","authors":"S. Cameron","doi":"10.1111/1471-0528.15940","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In many settings, a follow-up clinic visit two weeks after early medical abortion (EMA) is scheduled for a routine ultrasound to confirm that the pregnancy had been terminated. However, ultrasound facilities and the necessary manpower are costly and limit the settings where follow up can be provided.","PeriodicalId":8984,"journal":{"name":"BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15940","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In many settings, a follow-up clinic visit two weeks after early medical abortion (EMA) is scheduled for a routine ultrasound to confirm that the pregnancy had been terminated. However, ultrasound facilities and the necessary manpower are costly and limit the settings where follow up can be provided.