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Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB From: Gerald P. Rodríguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com) Sat Mar 18 11:15:06 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DMECNM@aol.com: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Previous message: ENDODOK@aol.com: "Re: Delayed menopause/prolonged climacteric" Maybe in reply to: igold@cox.net: "Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Next in thread: Betsy Hyde: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Reply: Betsy Hyde: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Planned Parenthood in Washington DC said yesterday that it was changing its prescribing practices for the use of MIFEPRISTONE (Mifprex) (RU-486) in light of two recent maternal deaths associated with its use vaginally instead of orally. Its vaginal use is off-label and this practice is now being implicated in the death of 6 total patients from sepsis. Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG Santa Fe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quien calla otorga. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >----- Original Message ----- From: igold@COX.NET To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:58 AM Subject: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB > In light of the recent news linking maternal deaths to use of vaginal > administation of misoprostol, what do you think of continuing its use for > missed AB? Do you think oral administation would reduce the risk? Why? > From what I understand, 6 maternal deaths have now been attributed to > vaginal use of misoprostol (my sources are NPR driving home from work last > night, and this morning's Arizona Republic newspaper) Thanks, Ingrid Gold, > CNM, Phoenix > Next message: DMECNM@aol.com: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Previous message: ENDODOK@aol.com: "Re: Delayed menopause/prolonged climacteric" Maybe in reply to: igold@cox.net: "Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Next in thread: Betsy Hyde: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Reply: Betsy Hyde: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB"

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