|
|
| Emergency
Contraception: |
|
| Indications |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| • | Intercourse
within past 72 hours without |
|||||||||||
| contraceptive
protection (independent of time in the |
||||||||||||
| menstrual
cycle) |
||||||||||||
| • | Contraceptive
mishap |
|||||||||||
| – | Barrier method
dislodgment/breakage |
|||||||||||
| – | Expulsion of
IUD |
|||||||||||
| – | Missed oral
contraceptive pills |
|||||||||||
| • | Sexual assault |
|||||||||||
| • | Exposure to
teratogens (eg, cytotoxic drug) |
|||||||||||
| ACOG Practice
Bulletin. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2002;78:191-198. |