Abortion-related emergency department visits in the United States: An analysis of a national emergency department sample

Table 2 Diagnoses and treatments received, weighted n = 27,941

	Weighted N	Weighted percentage	Weighted percentage 95% confidence interval
Incident type
Minor incident^A	10,089	36.1	34.9–37.4
Major incident^B	5673	20.3	19.3–21.3
No incident	16,087	57.6	56.3–58.8
Could not be determined	426	1.5	1.2–1.9
Treatment received
Repeat abortion or uterine reaspiration	8994	32.2	31.0–33.4
IV medications	3838	13.7	12.9–14.6
Non-IV medications	2072	7.4	6.8–8.1
Unspecified type medication	232	0.8	0.6–1.1
Type of medication
Pain	2912	10.4	9.7–11.2
Nausea	2080	7.4	6.8–8.1
Antibiotics	895	3.2	2.8–3.7
Other	1361	4.9	4.3–5.5
Blood transfusion	1397	5.0	4.5–5.6
Surgery	267	1.0	0.7–1.2
Observation care only	14,126	50.6	49.3–51.9
Other treatment^C	81	0.3	0.1–0.5
Discharge status
Routine discharge from ED	20,992	75.1	74.0–76.2
Admission to hospital	6136	22.0	20.9–23.0
Transferred to other medical facility	464	1.7	1.4–2.0
Left against medical advice	277	1.0	0.8–1.3
Other or unknown	57	0.2	0.1–0.4
Death	15	0.05	0.02–0.2

ED emergency department, IV intravenous
^AMinor incident includes all other incidents that involved an abortion-related diagnosis or treatment, such as those requiring medication or repeat procedure
^BMajor incident includes those requiring overnight inpatient stay, blood transfusion, or surgery
^COther treatments include suture of laceration to the cervix, laminaria insertion, and abscess drainage

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