Open AccessClinical presentation and complications in patients with unsafe abortions in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Ekpenyong E. Ekanem,
Saturday Etuk,
JE Ekabua,
CU Iklaki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i4.51245
Subject(s) - medicine , unsafe abortion , abortion , incidence (geometry) , family planning , pregnancy , incomplete abortion , vacuum aspiration , obstetrics , unintended pregnancy , pediatrics , population , research methodology , environmental health , misoprostol , biology , optics , genetics , physics
Unsafe abortion still contributes significantly to high maternal morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries despite concerted efforts being made to reduce it. Our objective is to determine the incidence, mode presentation and complications of Unsafe abortion.