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A termination for medical reasons (TFMR) is an induced abortion motivated by medical indications involving the fetus or mother. [1] In some countries, health risks are the only basis for obtaining a legal abortion. [2] Prenatal screening can allow early diagnosis, and abortion if desired or necessary. [3]
Abortion statistics are commonly presented as the number of abortions, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44), and the abortion ratio. The Guttmacher Institute defines the abortion ratio as the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in an abortion or a live birth, excluding miscarriages, [ 1 ] and the ...
MDCalc is a free online medical reference for healthcare professionals that provides point-of-care clinical decision-support tools, including medical calculators, scoring systems, and algorithms. [1] MDCalc is also a mobile and web app. [ 2 ] The decision-support tools are based on published clinical research, [ 3 ] and MDCalc’s content is ...
Fifteen weeks into her second pregnancy, Katrina Villegas and her husband learned their baby girl had trisomy 13, a chromosomal disorder that causes severe disabilities and is usually fatal. "It's ...
Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR) is a campaign and support group seeking to change the law in Ireland to allow terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities. Amanda Mellet (of Mellet v Ireland ) is a founding member.
A medical abortion, also known as medication abortion or non-surgical abortion, occurs when drugs are used to bring about an abortion. Medical abortions are an alternative to surgical abortions such as vacuum aspiration or dilation and curettage. [6] Medical abortions are more common than surgical abortions in most places around the world.
Among the board's responsibilities are evaluation and monitoring of abortions performed in Sweden, as well as establishing norms by issuing provisions and general advice. The board is also responsible for the collection and publishing of official national statistics on abortions. Until 1995 reports were instead published by Statistics Sweden. [3]
The table shown on the right can be used in a two-sample t-test to estimate the sample sizes of an experimental group and a control group that are of equal size, that is, the total number of individuals in the trial is twice that of the number given, and the desired significance level is 0.05. [4] The parameters used are: