Patients with postpartum complications admitted in a medical ward of Mayo Hospital, Lahore

ABSTRACT

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. A prospective study of patients who were admitted in a medical ward with various postpartum complications following delivery at home or hospital. Department of Medicine, Mayo Hospital/K.E. Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan. Sixty-four patients who were admitted through emergency or referred/shifted from obstetrical wards attached to the hospital. 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. Only serious postpartum complications present in medical wards. Physician, obstetrician and other specialties should act as one team to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity