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5 .2 : FOLLOW-UP AND MORBIDI'I'Y FINDINGS
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Twenty- fo ur per s on s were admi tted t o t he l ying-in ward
postpartum . Twenty-two were for reasons o f l a bou r or early
postpartum comp lications . Of these 22, t h r e e were r e-
admissions after hospital discharge. Another t wo cases were
admitted because of post-min ilaparotomy sterilisation
complica tions. One s ub j e c t admitted with primary postpartum
haemorrhage died 26 hours after delivery and also after
s urge ry had been performed for uncontrollable h a e mor rhag e
associated with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Th e
maternal mortality rate was 1.8 per 1000 for t h i s study
popU lation. TABLE 2 . 1 p resents t he r e as ons for hospitalisation
of the 24 subjects .
TABLE 2 .1 REASONS FOR ADMISSION I N THE 24
HOSPI TALI SED PATI ENTS
Reason No. of SUbjects Percentc%)
Postpa r t um haemorrhage '* 9 37.4
Pue r pe r a l sepsis '* 4 1 6 . 7
Severe Hype r tension 4 1 6 . 7
Puerpe r a l psych i atric d i s or de r 2 8 .3
Complications po st-ste r ili s ati on 2 8 .3
Severe anaemia I 4 .2
He patiti s 1 4 .2
Ga pe d infected episiotomy '* -l --..A......Z
TOTAL li J.QQ...Q.
'* Include s one su bject who was r e-admi tted a fter d i s ch arge
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