title: First trimester procedural abortion in family medicine.
abstract: Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost one-third [corrected] of all women will have at least one abortion during their lifetime. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Although advances have been made in the provision of medical abortion in the family medicine setting, procedural methods remain the cornerstone of abortion care. We present a step-wise review of first trimester procedural abortion using the manual vacuum aspirator to demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating this service into a primary care setting.
authors.affiliation: Swedish Family Medicine Cherry Hill, Seattle, WA, USA. richard.lyus@swedish.org
authors.forename: Richard John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lyus
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gianutsos
authors.forename: Marji
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D003376:Counseling; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014481:United States; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*