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Therapeutic abortion

MedGen UID:
46
•Concept ID:
C0000820
•
Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
Synonyms: Abortion, Therapeutic; Abortions, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Abortion; Therapeutic Abortions
SNOMED CT: Therapeutic abortion procedure (386641000); Therapeutic abortion (386641000); Therapeutic termination of pregnancy procedure (386641000)
 
HPO: HP:0030449

Definition

Delivery by means of therapeutic termination of pregnancy. Therapeutic abortion may be done to end a pregnancy if the mother's life is in danger or if the baby has abnormalities involving the major organ systems and is not expected to survive after birth or by choice. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTherapeutic abortion

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management and Outcome of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.
Chaudhary RK, Nepal C, Khanal N, Pathak R, Giri S, Bhatt VR
Cardiovasc Hematol Agents Med Chem 2015;13(2):92-7. doi: 10.2174/187152571302151217124957. PMID: 26695420
Prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: 10-years experience.
Hadj Fredj S, Ouali F, Siala H, Bibi A, Othmani R, Dakhlaoui B, Zouari F, Messaoud T
Pathol Biol (Paris) 2015 Jun;63(3):126-9. Epub 2015 May 20 doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2015.04.002. PMID: 26002249
Treatment of tuberculosis during pregnancy.
Snider DE Jr, Layde PM, Johnson MW, Lyle MA
Am Rev Respir Dis 1980 Jul;122(1):65-79. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1980.122.1.65. PMID: 6996549

Recent systematic reviews

Secondary Infertility due to Fetal Bone Retention A systematic literature review.
Agolli A, Lawrence JA, Maskey U, Loh H, Parikh C
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2022 Nov;22(4):448-454. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.18295/squmj.6.2022.042. PMID: 36407692Free PMC Article
Management and Outcome of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.
Chaudhary RK, Nepal C, Khanal N, Pathak R, Giri S, Bhatt VR
Cardiovasc Hematol Agents Med Chem 2015;13(2):92-7. doi: 10.2174/187152571302151217124957. PMID: 26695420
Doctors or mid-level providers for abortion.
Barnard S, Kim C, Park MH, Ngo TD
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 27;2015(7):CD011242. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011242.pub2. PMID: 26214844Free PMC Article
Pregnancy in women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Schinkel AF
Cardiol Rev 2014 Sep-Oct;22(5):217-22. doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000010. PMID: 25093741
Assessment of uterine cavity size and shape: a systematic review addressing relevance to intrauterine procedures and events.
Goldstuck N
Afr J Reprod Health 2012 Sep;16(3):130-9. PMID: 23437507

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