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dc.contributor.authorShih, Elizabeth Mezaeng
dc.contributor.authorZolotor, Adam J.eng
dc.contributor.authorFirnhaber, Gina Cahooneng
dc.date.issued2012eng
dc.description.abstractLittle available evidence specifically addresses the benefits and risks of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in adolescents. Most studies have evaluated IUD use in nulliparous adults. Levonorgestrel IUDs cause less menstrual bleeding than oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) in adult nulliparous women without differences in complications or pregnancy rates (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, one RCT). Levonorgestrel IUDs appear to have similar expulsion and continuation rates in adolescents and adults (SOR: B, one prospective study). Adult nulliparous women who discontinue IUDs have subsequent birth rates similar to women who stop using OCPs or barrier methods. (SOR: B, limited quality evidence).eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/16050eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherFamily Physicians Inquiries Networkeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionClinical Inquiries, 2012 (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network.eng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of family practice, 61, no. 11 (November 2012): 695a-695b.eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.subjectbirth controleng
dc.subjectadolescent populationeng
dc.subjectintrauterine deviceeng
dc.subject.lcshIntrauterine contraceptives -- Complicationseng
dc.subject.lcshTeenagers -- Health risk assessmenteng
dc.titleWhat are the benfits and risks of IUDs in adolescents?eng
dc.typeArticleeng


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