Bolstering the Evidence Base for Integrating Abortion and HIV Care: A Literature Review

Table 1

Studies on surgical abortion among HIV-positive women.

Authors	Study type	Setting	Population	Number	Findings
Grubert et al. (2002) [21]	Retrospective	Germany, specialized outpatient clinic	HIV-positive and -negative women undergoing curettage	72	9.7% (𝑛=7) of HIV-positive women and 1.4% (𝑛=1) of HIV-negative women experienced complications; difference was not statistically significant (𝑃=0.063; OR, 7.65; 95% CI, 0.92–63.84)
Okong et al. (2002) [19]	Prospective	Uganda, gynecological ward at urban hospital	HIV-positive and -negative women with and without postabortion endometritis-myometritis (PAEM)	158	32.7% (𝑛=17) of women with PAEM were HIV-positive, and 36.5% (𝑛=38) of women without PAEM were HIV-positive; difference was not statistically significant (OR, 0.84; 95% CI 0.39–1.80)
Stuart et al. (2004) [20]	Retrospective	Texas, USA, public hospital	HIV-positive and -negative women undergoing curettage for abortion	284	3% (𝑛=2) of HIV-positive women and 1% (𝑛=3) of HIV-negative women experienced infectious complications; difference was not statistically significant (𝑃=0.435). 3% (𝑛=2) of HIV-positive women and no HIV-negative women experienced anesthetic complications; 4% (𝑛=3) of HIV-positive women and 0% (𝑛=1) of HIV-negative women experienced retained placenta.