The Back Alley Revisited: Sepsis after Attempted Self-Induced Abortion
| Title: | The Back Alley Revisited: Sepsis after Attempted Self-Induced Abortion |
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| Authors: | Saultes, Teresa A, Devita, Diane, Heiner, Jason D |
| Source: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 278-280 (2009) |
| Publisher Information: | eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2009. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| Subject Terms: | abortion, septic abortion, sepsis, self-induced abortion, complications, Medicine, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| More Details: | While unsafe abortions have become rare in the United States, the practice persists. We present a 24-year-old female with a 21-week twin gestation who presented to the emergency department with complications of an attempted self-induced abortion. Her complicated clinical course included sepsis, chorioamnionitis, fetal demise, and a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for complications of endomyometritis. We discuss unsafe abortions, risk factors, and the management of septic abortion. Prompt recognition by the emergency physician and aggressive management of septic abortion is critical to decreasing maternal morbidity and mortality.[West J Emerg Med. 2009;10(4):278-280.] |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |
| Relation: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2mx5w2gr; https://doaj.org/toc/1936-900X; https://doaj.org/toc/1936-9018 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/cd2cfb669a2a41018042bd979c80d97f |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.2cfb669a2a41018042bd979c80d97f |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 1936900X 19369018 |
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| Published in: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Language: | English |