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252560. [ edit on Wikidata] Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. [ nb 1] An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of all pregnancies. [ 2][ 3] When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy ...
[10] [31] [32] [33] The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that medical abortions performed after 12 weeks' gestation be supervised by a generalist medical practitioner or specialist medical practitioner (in contrast to first trimester, where the patient may safely take the drugs at home without supervision).
Definition. A late termination of pregnancy often refers to an induced ending of pregnancy after the 20th week of gestation, i.e. after a fetal age (time since conception) of about 18 weeks. The exact point when an abortion is considered late-term, however, is not clearly defined.
Another factor for preventing unsafe abortion is having access to safe, legal, and comprehensive abortion services. [28] [29] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 22 million unsafe abortions occur each year globally. [30] Studies have shown that women appear to have low knowledge on abortion regulations and laws in their countries.
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
History of abortion. Indirect advertisements for abortion services, like these in The Sun in 1842, were common during the Victorian era. At the time, abortion was illegal in New York. [ 1] The practice of induced abortion —the deliberate termination of a pregnancy —has been known since ancient times. Various methods have been used to ...
The International Classification of Diseases ( ICD) is a globally used medical classification used in epidemiology, health management and for clinical purposes. The ICD is maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations System. [ 1]
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s International Statistical Classification of Diseases has included CPTSD since its eleventh revision that was published in 2018 and came into effect in 2022 . The previous edition ( ICD-10 ) proposed a diagnosis of Enduring Personality Change after Catastrophic Event ( EPCACE ), which was an ancestor of CPTSD.