d(ilation) and c(urettage)
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Still, the doctor didn’t mention a D&C at this point, records show.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
"The standard of care would be a D&C."
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
Davis did not explain that a D&C involved no incisions, just suction, according to Hope, or tell them that it would stop the bleeding faster.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
While waiting for the D&C procedure, Shelley started experiencing cramps at home and went to A&E.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024
Doctors told ProPublica they have seen colleagues disregard the standard of care when their patients are at risk of infection and wait to see if a miscarriage completes naturally before offering a D&C.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2024
For scenes of discord, Mr. Howard said, “It’s all minor key. Usually D and C minor are like, drama.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2018
We weren't always within convenient means of traveling so that she could get the D and C she so vitally needed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2017
OB-GYNs have always learned the D and C procedure.
From US News ● Jun. 24, 2016
“I like to say that a D and C, a suction D and C even, is bread and butter gynecology,” the doctor explained.
From US News ● Jun. 24, 2016
The "pe-ho," which ought to be written "la sol," pitched at about upper D and C, above the soprano staff, and timed like two quarter notes.
From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John
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