[Intramuscular administration of Prostin for abortion in the second trimester].
The effect of Prostin (15/S/15 methyl prostaglandin F2 alpha) ampules applied intramuscularly to induce abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy was investigated. Out of 30 women who underwent the treatment, 28 (93.3%) cases were successful and 2 (6.7%) unsuccessful. The average time from the application of the medicament to the output of the ovulum was 30.04 hours. The medicament proved to have a strong uterotonic effect associated with highly manifested side effects, such as vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, perspiration, etc. Among serious complications due to the Prostin application, a single case of an incomplete low uterine rupture and one case of the cervical rupture (6.6%) were evidenced.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D002260:Carboprost / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D002260:Carboprost
Intramuskularna upotreba Prostina kod prekida trudnoće u drugom tromjesecju.