Late-second-trimester pregnancy termination with dilation and evacuation in critically ill women.
Dilation-and-evacuation procedures were performed on 13 critically ill women between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation. There were no complications. The procedure can play a significant role in the management of selected critically ill women.
Bowers
C H
CH
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029.
Chervenak
J L
JL
Chervenak
F A
FA
D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second