BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives No copper intrauterine device (IUD) type is known to better suit young nulliparous women who tend to experience higher rates of IUD discontinuation compared with their older parous counterparts. A systematic review to determine which IUDs have
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On the verge between the scientific and the alternative: Swedish women's claims about systemic side effects of the copper intrauterine device. [PDF]
Public Underst Sci, 2023 The article intervenes in discussions on lay knowledge production about health in the Internet era, through the case of a group of women claiming that their use of copper intrauterine devices has led to systemic side effects.
Gunnarsson L, Wemrell M.
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Elevated Risk of Bacterial Vaginosis Among Users of the Copper Intrauterine Device: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. [PDF]
Clin Infect Dis, 2021 BACKGROUND Limited evidence suggests that the non-hormonal contraceptive copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) may increase bacterial vaginosis (BV) risk, possibly due to increased volume and duration of menses, a common side effect of Cu-IUD use.
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Emergency contraception: current options, challenges, and future directions [PDF]
Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2011 Serena Dovey, Joseph Sanfilippo Magee Women’s Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Abstract: The term emergency contraception (EC) refers to utilizing a medication or placing a copper intrauterine device within
Dovey S, Sanfilippo J
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Immediate Postpartum Insertion of Copper Intrauterine Device in a Brazilian University Hospital: Expulsion and Continuation Rates. [PDF]
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, 2023 Objective To evaluate the expulsion and continuation rates of the copper intrauterine device (IUD) inserted in the immediate postpartum period in a Brazilian public university hospital.
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Follow-up of copper intrauterine device insertion by nurses: a prospective longitudinal study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020 OBJECTIVE to assess the complications, acceptability and causes of discontinuation of women who inserted copper intrauterine devices at a usual risk maternity for one year. METHODS a longitudinal-prospective study, lasting 12 months. Eighty-three women
Tatiane Herreira Trigueiro +4 more
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Sexually transmitted infections among women randomised to depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device or a levonorgestrel implant. [PDF]
Sex Transm Infect, 2021 Objectives Reproductive aged women are at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI). Understanding drivers of STI acquisition, including any association with widely used contraceptives, could help us to reduce STI prevalence and ...
Deese J +17 more
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Vaginal health in copper intrauterine device users and non-users
Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2012 Objective: To compare the cervicovaginal flora, vaginal symptoms, infections and pH between copper intrauterine device (IUD) users and non-IUD, non-hormonal usersMaterials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2010 to March 2011
Thonnaphat Teeraganok +2 more
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Contraception with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system versus copper intrauterine device: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. [PDF]
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