title: Consultant report: Incomplete abortions treated at Jahanshah Saleh Hospital in Tehran, Iran from May 14, 1973 to April 30, 1974.
abstract: In the period from May, 1973 to April, 1974, one hundred patients were treated for incomplete abortion at the Jahanshah Saleh Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Patients admitted to the hospital were from 4 to 28 weeks' gestation and were routinely administered analgestics before the abortion was completed by D & C. The D & C took about 10 minutes and the patient was usually able to go home that same day. Twenty-four women (24.0%) experienced complication(s) including blood loss, fever requiring antibiotic treatment, and pelvic infection.
mesh_terms: D000027:Abortion, Incomplete / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003267:Contraception; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population