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Term: Abortion
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2012-11-05
Definition:
"Loss of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus; miscarriage." (Olds, SB. et al., 2004).
For a list of abortion and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis and procedure/intervention codes used in
Brownell et al. (2008)
see the
Abortion_Ectopic_Preg_Diagnosis_and_Proc_Interv_Codes-CHA-2008.pdf
document.
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References
- Olds SB, London ML, Wieland PA, Davidson MR. Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health Care. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. 2004.(View)
Term used in
- Brownell M, De Coster C, Penfold R, Derksen S, Au W, Schultz J, Dahl M. Manitoba Child Health Atlas Update. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
- Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)
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