Misoprostol for the Treatment of Incomplete Abortion

Inclusion criteria

• If no ultrasound used:

• Past or present history of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy; and
• Open cervical os.
• If ultrasound used:

• Past or present history of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy; and
• Evidence of incomplete abortion with substantial debris in the uterus.

All women would have been advised to have surgical evacuation of the uterus if misoprostol was not available.

• Willing to provide contact information for purposes of follow-up.

• In Tanzania: 18 years of age or over or parental permission
• In Mozambique: 21 years of age or over or parental permission
• In Moldova: 18 years of age or over
• In Madagascar: 18 years of age or parental permission
• In Vietnam: reproductive age

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications to the study drug;
• Uterine size larger than 12 weeks L.M.P. at time of presentation for care.
• Signs of severe infection, defined as at least one of the following of:

• foul smelling discharge,
• fever > 39 degrees C ,
• pulse >110/min;