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Missed abortion treated with intramuscular 15-(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin F2 alpha. 1982

G Tsalacopoulos, and B Bloch, and J M Rush

Repeated intramuscular injections of 15-(S)-15-methyl-PGF2 alpha were administered to 15 patients with a missed abortion. Fourteen (93,3%) aborted within 24 hours, with a mean induction abortion interval of 10 hours 54 minutes. The single failure occurred in a patient with a placenta accreta. The induction abortion interval was marginally shorter in patients at an early stage of gestation and was not affected by parity or the duration of fetal death. The average total dosage of 15-methyl-PGF2 alpha was 1250 micrograms (or 5 injections) per patient. The side-effects consisted of vomiting (71%), diarrhoea (71%), leucocytosis (64,3%) and transient pyrexia (21,5%), but these were not severe and were well tolerated by the patients.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007273	Injections, Intramuscular	Forceful administration into a muscle of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the muscle and any tissue covering it.	Intramuscular Injections,Injection, Intramuscular,Intramuscular Injection
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011262	Pregnancy Trimester, Second	The middle third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 15th through the 28th completed week (99 to 196 days) of gestation.	Midtrimester,Pregnancy, Second Trimester,Trimester, Second,Midtrimesters,Pregnancies, Second Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, Second,Second Pregnancy Trimester,Second Pregnancy Trimesters,Second Trimester,Second Trimester Pregnancies,Second Trimester Pregnancy,Second Trimesters,Trimesters, Second
D011461	Prostaglandins F, Synthetic	Analogs or derivatives of prostaglandins F that do not occur naturally in the body. They do not include the product of the chemical synthesis of hormonal PGF.	PGF Synthetic,Prostaglandin F Analogs,Prostaglandin F Analogues,Synthetic Prostaglandins F,Analogs, Prostaglandin F,Analogues, Prostaglandin F,Synthetic, PGF
D002260	Carboprost	A nonsteroidal abortifacient agent that is effective in both the first and second trimesters of PREGNANCY.	15-Methylprostaglandin F2alpha,15(S)-15-Methyl PGF2alpha,15 Methylprostaglandin F2alpha
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000030	Abortion, Missed	The retention in the UTERUS of a dead FETUS two months or more after its DEATH.	Abortions, Missed,Missed Abortion,Missed Abortions
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults