Talat Naheed, Nabeel Akbar, Naueen Akbar.
Patients with postpartum complications admitted in a medical ward of Mayo Hospital, Lahore.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;18(2):126-30.

Objective: To evaluate the postpartum complications and their outcome in patients who were admitted between the periods of 1st July 1999 to 30th June 2000 in a medical ward following delivery. Design: A prospective study of patients who were admitted in a medical ward with various postpartum complications following delivery at home or hospital. Setting: Department of Medicine, Mayo Hospital/K.E. Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan. Subject: Sixty-four patients who were admitted through emergency or referred/shifted from obstetrical wards attached to the hospital. Results: Out of 64 patients, septicemia was detected in 26 (40.5%), renal failure in 8 (12%), Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in 6 (10%), jaundice in 6 (10%), eclampsia/fits in 8 (12%), tuberculosis in 4 (6%), tetanus in 3 (5%), postpartum cardiomyopathy in 2 (3%), stroke in 1 (1.5%). Fifty-two (81.24%) were discharged home, 6 (9.38%) died in the hospital and 6 (9.38%) left against medical advice (L.A.M.A.) in moribund condition. Conclusion: Only serious postpartum complications present in medical wards. Physician, obstetrician and other specialties should act as one team to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity.

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