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References: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Management Emergency Contraception

AMH Jan. 2005. The Australian Medicines Handbook. Adelaide, Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd.

Arowojolu, A., Okewole, I. & Adekunle, A. 2002. Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of two regimens of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception in Nigerians. Contraception. 66(4):269-273, October.


Ashok, P., Stalder, C., Wagaarachchi, P., Flett, G., Melvin, L., Templeton, A. 2003. A randomised study comparing a low dose mifepristone and the Yupze regimen for emergency contraception. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 109(5):553-560.


Brown, K. 2000. Management Guidelines for Women's Health Nurse Practitioners. F.A. Davis Co, Philadelphia.


Cheng, L, Gulmmezoglu, A., Ezcurra, E. & Van Look, P. 2000. Interventions for emergency contraception (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.


D'Souza, R., Guillebaud, J. 2002. Risks and benefits of oral contraceptive pills. Best Practice and Reasearch in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 16(2):133-154.


Family Planning Victoria. 1995. Sexuality and the Law in Victoria, Fertility and Sexual Health. Family Planning Victoria. Richmond.


Family Planning Victoria. 2000. Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice Guidelines Professional Support Program - Two. Pap Screen Victoria, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria.


Gilbert, A. 2002. I've missed a dose; what should I do? Australian Prescriber 25:16-18.


Gold, M. 1999. Prescribing and managing oral contraceptive pills and emergency contraception for adolescents. Paediatric Clinics of North America. 46:695-718.


Grimes, D. & Raymond, E. 2002. Emergency contraception. Annals of Internal Medicine. 137(3):180-189.


Henderson, L., Yue, Q., Bergquist, C., Arlett, P. 2002. St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum): drug interactions and clinical outcomes. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 54(4):349-356.


International Planned Parenthood Federation. 2003. Routine breast and pelvic examination before prescription of hormonal contraception. IPPF Medical Bulletin. 37(1).

International Planned Parenthood Federation. 2002. IMAP statement on hormonal methods of contraception. IPPF Medical Bulletin. 36(5).


Kubba, A., Guillebrand, J., Anderson, R. & MacGregor, E. 2000. Contraception. The Lancet. 356:1913-1919.


McNamee, K. 2004. Emergency contraception: an overview for health professionals. Family Planning Victoria. Published in: Women's Health Nurse Association of Victoria Newsletter, no 34, Feb 2004.


McNamee, K., & Williams, H. 2002. Family Planning Victoria Guidelines for Clinical Practice, edition 1. FPA Health, NSW. Department of Human Services.


Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. 2004. Minor's Right to Consent to Medical Treatment. Information for Doctors. Victoria.


National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). 1999. A Guide to the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.


National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). 2003. Human Research Ethics Handbook. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.


Norris Turner,A. & Ellertson, C. 2004. How safe is emergency contraception? Drug Safety. 25(10):695-706.


Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. (Statement). Supply of levonorgestrel as a schedule 3 product for emergency contraception (EC).Endorsed by the National Council October 2003.


The Royal Women's Hospital. 2003. RWH Medication Prescribing Guidelines. Carlton, Vic.


Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 2000. Practice guidance on the supply of emergency hormonal contraception as a pharmacy medicine. Pharmaceutical Journal. 265:890-892.


State of Victoria. 2001. Therapeutic Guidelines: Endocrinology Version 2. Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd, Nth Melbourne.


Tremblay, D., Gainer, E. & Ulmann, A. 2001. The pharmokinetics of 750 microgram levonorgestrel following administration of one single dose or two doses at 12 or 24 hour intervals. Contraception. 64(6):327-331.


Von Hertzen, H., Piaggio, G., Ng, E., Gemzell-Danielsson, K., Oyunbileg, A., Wu, S., Cheng, W., Ludicke, F., Pretnar-Darovec, A., Kirkman, R., Mittal, S., Khomassurdze, A., Apter, D. & Peregoudov, A. 2002. Low dose mifepristone and two regimens of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception: a WHO multicentre randomised trial. The Lancet. 360:1803-1810.


Wanner, M. & Couchenour, R. 2002. Hormonal emergency contraception. Pharmacotherapy. 22(1):43-53, January.


Weisberg, E. 1999. Progesterone-only methods of contraception. Australian Prescriber (22):6-8.


World Health Organization. 2003. Improving Access to Quality Care in Family Planning. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2nd Edition.


Royal Women's Hospital Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are intended to provide guidance to health care professionals, based on a thorough evaluation of research evidence, on the practical assessment and management of specific clinical issues or situations. The guidelines allow some flexibility on the part of the health care professional based on the needs of the specific patient for whom they are caring.

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