Clinical Scenarios

Evidence-based strategies for handling real-world clinical scenarios
Each scenario, drawn from real world clinical experiences of Power to Decide’s Senior Director of Health Care and our network of expert clinicians, tackles questions you may face in the exam room.

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Clinical scenario: Which IUD is it?

A 22 year-old patient (she/her) is currently using an IUD and had it placed at another clinic out of state three years ago. When asked which IUD she has, she is not sure, though she thinks it has hormones. She reports having light, irregular periods. Overall, she is satisfied with the IUD and wants to continue using an IUD for birth control.

Research roundup: November 2024 edition

Intrauterine mepivacaine for IUD placement, the impact of abortion restrictions on medical training, pregnancy of unknown location and very early medication abortion, and navigating abortion misinformation

Research roundup: October 2024 edition

LNG-IUD and the risk of gynecologic and breast cancers, contraception and body weight, and preferred ways to get hormonal birth control.

Research roundup: September 2024 edition

Ongoing support for forgoing Rh testing in early pregnancy, medication abortion before six weeks, provider bias on contraceptive counseling adolescents, and local anesthesia before procedural abortion.
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