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Postoperative Morbidity of Eclamptic Patients Delivered by Cesarean Section
Author(s) -
Ekwempu C. C.,
Lawande R. V.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , sepsis , wound infection , cervix , rectum , throat , caesarean section , pregnancy , surgery , obstetrics , physics , cancer , biology , optics , genetics
Postoperative morbidity was investigated in 32 eclamptic patients and 12 normal well‐matched controls who had been delivered by cesarean section. The incidence of wound and chest infection, genital sepsis and puerperal psychosis was higher among the eclamptics than the controls. The former also harbored more pathogens in the throat, rectum, abdominal wound and cervix than the controls. It is concluded that eclamptic patients are more prone to sepsis after surgery and should be nursed with special care.