Postabortal Septicemia Due to Clostridium welchii
- 1 July 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 122 (1) , 73-74
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1968.00300060075016
Abstract
Clostridium welchiisepticemia due to septic abortion carries a grave prognosis. Recent mortality figures range from 50% to 73%.1,2The poor prognosis has been improved somewhat in recent years by the use of early hysterectomy and dialysis techniques.3However, hysterectomy and other supportive measures are less likely to be lifesaving once the infection has progressed to icterus, hemoglobinuria, and acute renal failure.1,4The following is a report of a patient treated successfully with exchange transfusions, in addition to hysterectomy, after the onset of intravascular hemolysis. Patient Summary A 33-year-old married woman was first seen by her personal physician on the morning of May 4, 1967, complaining of chills and fever of several hours duration. It was learned that on May 1, she had inserted a Foley catheter into her uterus, allowing it to remain for four hours. She had then introduced air by blowing into the catheter.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: