dc.contributor.author | Wanjala, Samson | |
dc.contributor.author | Murungu, N.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mat, K. J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-09T12:55:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-09T12:55:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | |
dc.identifier.citation | CIBA foundation symposium | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3875461 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/46773 | |
dc.description.abstract | A retrospective analysis of 95 deaths due to abortion at the Kenyatta National Hospital between 1974 and 1983 showed that the average death rate over the 10-year period was high: nearly three deaths per 1000 abortion admissions. The mean hospital stay was 12 days. Of the 95 abortions 76 (80%) were induced or were likely to have been induced. Septic abortion with its complications accounted for 97.4% of the deaths from induced abortion. Among the deaths from spontaneous abortion, 52.6% were due to haemorrhagic shock compared to 47.4% due to sepsis. In this study 76.9% of the deaths occurred among women who were widowed, divorced or unmarried. Adolescents (age 19 or younger) accounted for 23 (24.2%) of the deaths. In this latter group there was evidence of interference in 22 (95.7%). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | London (CIBA foundation symposium) | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 115:41-53.; | |
dc.title | Mortality due to abortions at Kenyatta National Hospital, abortion;Medical progress and social implications | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of medicine, University of Nairobi | en |