Frequency of Unscheduled Visits to the Obstetrical Triage Assessment Unit by Pregnant Adolescents in an Urban Canadian Centre Compared with a Matched Cohort of Pregnant Women.

Objectives: People from marginalized and vulnerable populations present more frequently for unscheduled, emergency obstetrical services at labour and delivery triage units. Based on our clinical experience, pregnant adolescents visit the obstetrical triage assessment units (OTAU) more often than adults do. This study was designed to assess this phenomenon by quantifying and describing the frequency of unscheduled visits to the OTAU by pregnant adolescents (age <20 y) compared with a matched cohort of adult pregnant patients (age ≥20 y).

A Patient-Centred Approach to Early Pregnancy Loss: The First 18 Months of a Canadian Outpatient Program for Early Pregnancy Loss (OPEL).

Objective: Manual vacuum aspiration is a safe surgical option for the management of early pregnancy loss. To provide rapid, patient-centred access to MVA, an Outpatient Program for Early pregnancy Loss ("OPEL") was established at our institution. Objectives were to (1) assess complete uterine evacuation rates; (2) assess complication rates, and (3) assess patient satisfaction with the program.