Clinical Management of Abortion Complications: A practical Guide (WHO

Clinical Management of Abortion Complications: A practical Guide (WHO - OMS, 1994, 86 p.)

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		ABSTRACT
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		PREFACE
		INTRODUCTION
		CHAPTER 1 - INITIAL ASSESSMENT: DETERMINING THE WOMAN'S NEEDS FOR IMMEDIATE TREATMENT
		CHAPTER 2 - MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK
		CHAPTER 3 - MANAGEMENT OF MODERATE TO LIGHT VAGINAL BLEEDING
		CHAPTER 4 - MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE VAGINAL BLEEDING
		CHAPTER 5 - MANAGEMENT OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL INJURY
		CHAPTER 6 - MANAGEMENT OF SEPSIS
		CHAPTER 7 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY ABORTION CARE
		ANNEX 1 - EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR ABORTION CARE
		ANNEX 2 - EXAMPLE OF A REFERRAL FORM FOR COMPLICATIONS OF ABORTION CASES
		ANNEX 3 - EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION MATERIALS
		ANNEX 4 - ESSENTIAL DRUGS FOR EMERGENCY ABORTION CARE
		ANNEX 5 - SUPPLIES FOR SURGICAL UTERINE EVACUATION PROCEDURES
		ANNEX 6 - INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST TRIMESTER UTERINE EVACUATION
		ANNEX 7 - INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SECOND TRIMESTER UTERINE EVACUATION
		ANNEX 8 - INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES FOR LAPAROTOMY
		ANNEX 9 - LABORATORY AND BLOOD MATERIALS
		ANNEX 10 - MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS AND SOURCES OF PROCUREMENT OF EMERGENCY GYNAECOLOGIC EQUIPMENT
		ANNEX 11 - MANUAL VACUUM ASPIRATION (MVA)
		ANNEX 12 - DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D&C)
		SAFE MOTHERHOOD RESOURCE LIST
		BACK COVER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

These guidelines were compiled and edited by IPAS in Carrboro, NC, USA, under a contract from the World Health Organization. P. Blumenthal, J. Winkler, A. Leonard, and L. Yordy served as the primary writers and editors of this document.

An outstanding team of international health professionals participated in the working group that produced the final version of these guidelines: H. Akhter, J. Chirinos, K. McLaurin, S. Mehta, K.O. Rogo, N. Toubia, N. Younis, K. Yusof, M.A. Belsey, C. AbouZahr, J. Fortney, R.H. Johnson, G. Walker, L. Mehra, J. Kierski, R. Guidotti, A. Jacobs, P.F.A. Van Look, O. Meirik, H.M. Bathija, A.I. Mundigo, O.M. Frank, K.E. Ringheim, L. Phillip, and K. Janovsky-Weir.

In the preparation and reviewing of the text, the World Health Organization acknowledges the valuable contributions of: H. Akhter, A. Ariñez, P. Bhiwandiwala, D. Chikamata, J. Chirinos, G. Delano, J. Fortney, G. Huggins, O.A. Ladipo, K. Like, J.D. Ortiz Mariscal, S. Mehta, D. Minkler, M. Potts, A. Rizo, K.O. Rogo, J.M. Sotelo, N. Toubia, L.B. Tyrer, J. Tyson, D.A.A. Verkuyl, K. Yusof, and N. Younis.

Special thanks to J. Protiva, S. Johnson and V. Henderson for their valuable assistance in the production of this document.

This document was produced with a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation whose support is gratefully acknowledged.