title: Midtrimester and missed abortion treated with intramuscular 15 (s)-15 methyl PGF2alpha.
abstract: Abortion was successfully induced in 79 of 80 patients in midtrimester, by the serial administration of 250 microgram of 15 (S)-15 methyl PGF2alpha intramuscularly every second hour until abortion occurred. All 12 patients with missed abortion and 87% of the legal abortion patients aborted within 24 hours. The average period until abortion occurred in the missed abortion group was 8.2 hours (+/- 4.5 SD), and in the legal abortion group 16.4 hours (+/- 7.3 SD). All the patients were given prophylactic treatment for vomiting, using prochlorperazine. The average number of episodes of vomiting was 2.8 per ptient. All but 3 patients were given loperamide or diphenoxylate for "diarrhoea". The average number of episodes of diarrhoea was 2.5 per patient. The frequency of complications was low apart from a case of low uterine rupture.
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000030:Abortion, Missed / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D011460:Prostaglandins F