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  2. Procalcitonin - Wikipedia

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    Procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide precursor of the hormone calcitonin, the latter being involved with calcium homeostasis. It arises once preprocalcitonin is cleaved by endopeptidase . [ 1 ] It was first identified by Leonard J. Deftos and Bernard A. Roos in the 1970s. [ 2 ]

  3. Hydroxyprogesterone caproate - Wikipedia

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    Hydroxyprogesterone caproate is generally well tolerated and produces few side effects. [1] Injection site reactions such as pain and swelling are the most common side effect of hydroxyprogesterone caproate. [1] The medication may increase the risk of gestational diabetes when used in pregnant women.

  4. Comparison of birth control methods - Wikipedia

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    Sterilization procedures are generally considered to have a low risk of side effects, though some persons and organizations disagree. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Female sterilization is a more significant operation than vasectomy, and has greater risks; in industrialized nations, mortality is 4 per 100,000 tubal ligations, versus 0.1 per 100,000 vasectomies.

  5. Sterilization (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Some potential risks of tubal sterilization include "bleeding from a skin incision or inside the abdomen, infection, damage to other organs inside the abdomen, side effects from anesthesia, ectopic pregnancy (an egg that becomes fertilized outside the uterus), [and] incomplete closing of a fallopian tube that results in pregnancy."

  6. Complications of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    A combination of pregnancy-exacerbated hypercoagulability and additional risk factors such as obesity and thrombophilias makes pregnant women vulnerable to thrombotic events [29] T.he prophylactic measures that include the usage of low molecular weight heparin, in fact, can significantly reduce risks associated with surgery, particularly in ...

  7. Combined oral contraceptive pill - Wikipedia

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    Different sources note different incidence of side effects. The most common side effect is breakthrough bleeding. Combined oral contraceptive pills can improve conditions such as dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, and acne, [105] reduce symptoms of endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, and decrease the risk of anemia. [106]

  8. Tocolytic - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] Current evidence suggests that first line treatment with β 2 agonists, calcium channel blockers, or NSAIDs to prolong pregnancy for up to 48 hours is the best course of action to allow time for glucocorticoid administration. [1] Various types of agents are used, with varying success rates and side effects.

  9. Estradiol valerate/hydroxyprogesterone caproate - Wikipedia

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    Estradiol valerate/hydroxyprogesterone caproate (EV/OHPC), sold under the brand names Gravibinon and Injectable No. 1 (or Chinese Injectable No. 1) among others, is a combined estrogen and progestogen medication which is used in the treatment of threatened miscarriage and other indications (e.g., as a means of pseudopregnancy) [1] [2] [3] and as a form of combined injectable birth control to ...