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Septic abortion, an abortion associated with infection and complicated by fever, endometritis, and parametritis,¹ remains one of the most serious threats to the health of women throughout the world. Morbidity and mortality from septic abortion are infrequent in countries where induced abortion is legal but are widespread in the many developing countries where it is either illegal or inaccessible. Septic abortion provides a paradigm for preventive medicine, with opportunities for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention².

Scope of the Problem

A 1973 report described an adolescent admitted to a large Boston teaching hospital with what proved to be incomplete septic abortion. Uterine evacuation was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Primary Prevention of Septic Abortion

Secondary Prevention of Septic Abortion

Tertiary Prevention of Septic Abortion

Eradicating the Infection

Emptying the Uterus

The Role of Laparotomy

Supportive Care

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland (P.G.S.), and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (D.A.G.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Stubblefield at the Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, ME 04102.

References

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