Maternal morbidity and mortality in the Philippine General Hospital - From July 1, 1945, to December 31, 1951

ABSTRACT

The incidence and mortality of the different obstetrical complications at the Philippine General Hospital is presented and compared with those of other countriesThe incidence of 1.2 per cent of eclampsia is high when compared with the 0.04 per cent incidence in the Malay States, or the 0.06 per cent in the British Isles, or the 0.15 per cent in the United States, or even the 0.88 per cent in Japan. Eclampsia exacts the highest death toll among our parturients. Though the percentage of mortality in eclampsia at the Philippine General Hospital has been much lowered, it is till high, it being 17-43 per cent. In the United States, the percentage of mortality in eclampsia has been reduced to 6.34 per centPlacenta previa, hydatidiform mole, chorionic malignancy, ectopic pregnancy, and uterine rupture have a high incidence among the patients admitted to the Philippine General Hospital, the incidence being respectively 150 deliveries, 1145 pregnancies, 1220 pregnancies, 141.35 pregnancies, and 1600.5.(Summary)