Open AccessWOUND INFECTION
Author(s) -
Uzma Hussain,
Afshan Saeed,
Farzana Latif
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2010.17.01.1983
Subject(s) - medicine , wound dehiscence , dehiscence , wound infection , surgery , infection rate , prospective cohort study , obstetrics
Objective: To evaluate the effects of the anaemia in wound infection after cesarean section. Design: Prospective study. Setting:Department of Obstetric-Gynaecology in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital / Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore. Period: Sep 2008 to Sep 2009.Patients and Methods: The study comprises of 100 pregnant women with moderate to severe anaemia. Selected cases underwent cesareansection due to different indications. The rate and frequency of wound infection was observed in all these women. Results were analysed andtabulated. Results: 100 cases with moderate to severe anaemia who underwent cesarean section were included. Moderate aneamia wasrecognized in 55% of cases and 19% with severe anaemia. Wound discharge was seen in 44 % of cases and wound dehiscence was foundin 56 % cases. Culture was positive in 41 % patients and majority of these were unbooked. Non elective cesarean delivery was performed in99% of cases. Conclusion: The rate of wound infection was very high in moderate to severely anemic women who underwent non elective/ emergency cesarean section.