RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 First Trimester Procedural Abortion in Family Medicine
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 169
OP 174
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.070204
VO 22
IS 2
A1 Richard John Lyus
A1 Paul Gianutsos
A1 Marji Gold
YR 2009
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/22/2/169.abstract
AB Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost half 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.