Abortion at 23-24 weeks

From: R. Velardo (velardo@cianmet.com)
Sat Feb 12 22:00:50 2000


29 y/o o/f with abnormal triscreen placed her at risk for trisomy 21. Amniocentesis confirmed that she was carrying a fetus with Down's syndrome. At 23 weeks of gestation (by dates and early ultrasound) she decided to have a termination of pregnancy. She was admitted to the hospital and received intravaginal misoprostol. After 11 hours she delivered a liveborn male weighing 640 gm. The neonate was placed in a warmer and no resuscitative efforts were made. After approximately 1 hour it expired. Comments please.

R Velardo





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