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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"pregnancy termination"”.
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Trilostane as antiprogestin therapy in pregnancy termination
Includes bibliographical references.
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Attitudes to wards Prenatal Genetics Among Southeast and East Asian Women: A Qualitative Pilot Study
… the family unit factors into decisions such as pregnancy termination and disclosure of family medical history, and the non-directive model of American genetic counseling conflicts with the historical Asian model of paternalistic health care. Previous studies also provide conflicting evidence …
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Studies on early fetal loss in mares
Early pregnancy loss (EPL) is an important multifactorial condition that affects up to 20% of equine pregnancies, and mare age, parity, previous endometritis and twin pregnancy have all been implicated as causes of early pregnancy loss. The timing of the abortion strongly influences the outcome on …
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Termination Rates Following Prenatal Diagnosis For Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review
… provide an estimate of the risk of an affected pregnancy. Even with recent improvements in screening tests, definitive prenatal diagnosis can only be made by karyotyping cultured fetal cells, which must be obtained via an invasive procedure such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or …
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Termination For Fetal Anomaly: What Is The Impact of Genetic Counseling On Coping?
<p>Pregnancy termination for fetal anomaly (TFA) is a unique experience that can cause women to develop long-term, complicated grief. Although a woman’s experience with her healthcare providers has been previously identified as an important factor in coping, studies have shown that many women …
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Folic Acid Intake, Maternal Obesity and Neural Tube Defects
… To investigate whether maternal obesity before pregnancy is a risk factor of delivery of an infant with neural tube defect (NTD) and to study relationships between folic acid intake during the periconceptional period and the risk of NTD in overweight and non-overweight women.</p> <p>"Methods:" …
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Predictors of Depression in a High-Risk Hospitalized Pregnancy Population: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
… paid to the woman diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy requiring hospitalization. The present study investigated the predictors and trajectory of depression in women hospitalized on an antepartum unit. The sample consisted of 129 who were hospitalized due to complications during pregnancy. At …
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Rhetoric, Disability, and Prenatal Testing: Down Syndrome as an Object of Discourse
… in critiques of prenatal testing—the estimated pregnancy termination rate after a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. It explores the validity of this statistic and uses this discussion to suggest that the effects of prenatal testing on social understandings of Down syndrome are complex and …
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A Study of Guideline for Genetic Counselling in Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
… created through in vitro fertilization before pregnancy. PGD is considered another way to prenatal diagnosis. PGD refers specifically to when one or both genetic parents has a known genetic abnormality and testing is performed on an embryo to see if it also carries a genetic abnormality. Its …
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The Use of a Stress and Coping Model to Understand Women's Experiences with Abortion
… all appraised the situation of an unplanned pregnancy as stressful. All of the participants viewed having the child as a threat to their education, career, or relationship with family. Although all of the women thought some part of the procedure was more stressful than they had anticipated, …
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The contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice among women seeking induced abortion in Mitchell's Plain District Hospital, women's health clinic, Western Cape, South Africa
… contraceptive choices of the women requesting termination of pregnancy as well as their knowledge, attitude and practice toward contraceptives in one of the District Hospitals in Western Cape, South Africa. Methods: This was a cross sectional descriptive study which was conducted in Mitchell's …
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Impact of Recent Abortion Legislation On Patient Trust In Healthcare Providers
<p>Trust is a key aspect of any patient-provider relationship as patients must rely on their healthcare providers (HCPs) to provide appropriate care and guidance, maintain confidentiality, and act in their best interests. Studies suggest that recent changes to abortion legislation have resulted in …