ABSTRACT
lnduced Miscarriage is defined as the elective termination of pregnancy before 24 weeks of gestation. To determine the frequency of sepsis associated with induced Miscarriage. Cross-sectional survey. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecoiogy, Unit-II, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore. Six months from 25-12-08 to 24-06-09. Total 110 cases were taken. Complete history including parity and mode of admission was taken. All information was recorded on specially designed proforma. A large number of patients turned out to be para 3-4 i.e. 87 [79%], 15 cases [13.7%] had the parity between 5-7 and only 8 cases [7.3%] were para 1-2 [Table-l]. 0n analyzing the mode of admission it was found that 50 [45.4%] patients were admitted through out-patient department. 60 cases [54.6%]were admitted through emergency [Table-ll]. Finally the frequency of sepsis amongst women presenting with Miscarriage was calculated and it was found to be 25 [22.7%]. 85 [77.3%] cases did not show any evidence of sepsis [Table-lll]. Illegal Miscarriages are a major contribution to septic morbidity leading to a large number of maternal deaths which is a dilemma in under developed countries like ours. Better public awareness and access to contraceptive measures has a definite role to play in improving the outcome.