Intra-amniotic injection of either prostaglandin F(2)alpha or prostaglandin E(2) was used in an attempt to induce therapeutic abortion in mid-pregnancy in 27 patients. Termination of pregnancy was successful in 11 out of 13 cases when prostaglandin E(2) alone was used, but in only 6 out of 14 cases when prostaglandin ...

In a preliminary study of 15 patients the clinical effectiveness of prostaglandins (PGE2 and PGF2alpha) as abortifacients when administered by intrauterine instillation compared favourably with previous studies using the intravenous route.Abortion was successfully induced in 14 patients. The average total dose of prostaglandins required was about one-third of the amount ...

A new method of mid-trimester termination of pregnancy is described in which intra-amniotic urea was used. The mean interval between intra-amniotic injection and abortion was 59 hours and the mean length of hospital stay six days; the feto-maternal haemorrhage incidence was one out of 10 cases, which compares favourably with ...

Twenty-five patients suffering from gross refractory obesity agreed to be starved in hospital until they weighed not more than 25% over their ideal weight. Two discharged themselves prematurely, four defaulted from follow-up, and seven who for various reasons were discharged before completing their treatment have since regained weight. After a ...

In a city of 200,000, 119 therapeutic abortions were performed during the period 1962 to 1968. Multiple grounds were commonly given for abortion; these often included depression. Very frequently the absence of support from other people was a factor in deciding to perform abortion. Only five psychiatrists were involved in ...

Termination of pregnancy was attempted with intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E(2) (5 mug./minute) in 52 consecutive cases. Abortion was successful in 50 of these and complete in 43. There were no serious side-effects.

A prospective study of vacuum aspiration in 400 cases of therapeutic abortion is described showing that the procedure was quick, involving little blood loss in most cases, and that the complication rate was low. The routine use of this method in therapeutic abortion is recommended.

A report on the 'cDNA arrays/DNA diagnostics' session at the first meeting of the European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO), Geneva, Switzerland, 2-6 September, 2000.

A short report derived from a Science and Society Mini-symposium entitled Stem cells and therapeutic cloning: totipotency, pluripotency and the origins of personhood. The symposium was organised by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and took place on the 16 June 2001 at the main Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. The ...

These guidelines on therapeutic antimicrobial use specific to swine practice were produced by the AASV Pharmaceutical Issues Committee in April 2000. These guidelines address 14 principles of judicious use of antimicrobials and cover preventive strategies, alternative therapeutic options, the veterinarian-client-patient relationship, veterinary feed, extralabel antimicrobial therapy, pharmacological information and principles, ...

The incidence of feto-maternal haemorrhage in induced abortion has been studied with the Kleihauer technique. All four methods of termination used were shown to result in such haemorrhages. The incidence below 12 weeks' gestation, however, was very small and there seems to be no reason for offering routine rhesus-immunoglobulin to ...