title: Evaluation of sulprostone for second trimester abortions and its effects on liver and kidney function.
abstract: Sulprostone was given intramuscularly in two dose schedules of 0.5 mg at 4 hourly intervals for 8 doses and 1.0 mg at 8-hour intervals for 4 doses to 56 women in the 12th-20th week of gestation coming for termination of pregnancy. Forty-nine of them aborted within the 30-hour observation period, giving a success rate of 87.5%. Within the observation period, the induction-abortion interval with the 0.5-mg schedule was 16.6 hours while the interval with the 1.0-mg schedule was 15.4 hours. Side effects caused by the drug were minimal and it was observed that patients receiving 1.0 mg Sulprostone had slightly more side effects per person than in those cases receiving 0.5 mg Sulprostone. Serum parameters assessing liver and kidney functions were carried out in 48 patients prior to, 24 hours later and two weeks after the abortion. There were significant changes in the levels of uric acid, potassium, serum proteins and SGOT, though these changes were within the normal range.
mesh_terms: D000019:Abortifacient Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000379:methods; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000019:Abortifacient Agents; D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D011459:Prostaglandins E, Synthetic; C016767:sulprostone; D015232:Dinoprostone