Pharmacological Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy: Predictors of Pelvic Pain During Treatment

Pharmacological treatment for voluntary termination of pregnancy is a safe and effective practice, but has as its limitation a greater need for analgesic coverage than surgical treatment. Despite this, to date there are no specific guidelines on the management of pain therapy during pharmacological voluntary termination of pregnancy and in particular on its correlation with gestational age at the time of treatment. The aim of the study is to investigate the correlation between the pain symptoms reported by the patients and the gestational age at the time of the pharmacological voluntary interruption of pregnancy and to identify the presence of possible predictive factors, in order to be able to outline the correct therapeutic management.