Table 2.

Early Abortion Outcomes (Encountered vs Published Rates)

Outcome	No.	Rate	95% CI	Published Rates Per 100 Cases
NA=Information not available.
^a After aspiration (initial medication) or re-aspiration (initial aspiration), these patients had successful terminations without need for outside referral or hospitalization.
^b Sonographic-documented progression of pregnancy.
^c More than 250-cc blood loss (none required transfusion).
^d Required hospitalization: published rates of hospitalization for medication abortion = 0.02–0.26,²⁵^,³¹^,⁴⁷ and aspiration abortion=0.0071–0.3.¹^,²⁹
Initial evaluation	2,550
Diagnosed molar pregnancy	1	0.04	0.00–0.13	0.01–0.012²⁶^,²⁷
Diagnosed ectopic pregnancy	3	0.12	0.00–0.13	0.03–0.33²⁸^–³⁰
Medication abortion	1,309
Successful, uncomplicated	1,263	96.49	95.49–96.99	92.0–98.0³¹^–³⁴
Adverse events and complications
Continuing pregnancy^a,b	19	1.45	0.80–1.78	0.39–4.5¹⁶^,¹⁷
Incomplete abortion^a	16	1.22	0.63–1.53	2.4–4.5¹⁶^,¹⁷
Patient request for aspiration^a	1	0.08	0.00–0.15	0.12–0.3³³^,³⁵
Hemorrhage^a,c	9	0.69	0.24–0.92	0.0–2.0³⁶
Infection	0	0.00	–	0.09–0.5³⁶
Missed ectopic pregnancy^d	1	0.08	0.00–0.15	0.0–0.26²⁷^,³²^,³⁷
Aspiration abortion	1,149
Successful, uncomplicated	1,109	96.52	95.46–97.06	95.9–99.095¹^,⁶^,²⁶^,³⁸^–⁴⁰
Adverse events and complications (immediate)
Unable to dilate cervix	10	0.87	0.27–1.04	NA
Hemorrhage^a	4	0.35	0.01–0.52	0.007–0.8¹^,²⁶^,³⁸^,⁴⁰^–⁴²
Perforation	0	0.00	–	0.0009–0.195¹^,²⁶
Cervical injury	0	0.00	–	0.13–3.9²⁶^,³⁸^,⁴³^,⁴⁴
Delayed complication (3 h to 21 d)
Continuing pregnancy^a,b	1	0.09	0.00–0.17	0.036–2.3²⁶^,³⁸^,³⁹
Incomplete evacuation^*	21	1.83	1.05–2.22	0.85–4.7¹^,³⁸^,⁴⁵
Hematometra (postabortal syndrome)^a	2	0.17	0.00–0.30	0.1–1.4²⁶^,³⁹^,⁴¹^,⁴⁶
Endometritis (received antibiotic treatment)	1	0.09	0.00–0.17	0.1–0.6²⁶^,³⁹
Hemorrhage^a,c	0	0.00	–	0.007–0.28¹^,²⁶
Missed ectopic pregnancy^d	3	0.26	0.00–0.41	0.00–0.3²⁶^,²⁸^–³⁰^,³⁸^,³⁹