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COMMITTEE ON MATERNAL WELFARESeptic Induced AbortionSix days before admission a 15-year-old girl was sent home by the school nurse because of bilateral facial swelling, sore throat, post-auricular pain, lethargy and anorexia, all attributed to mumps. Subsequently, she became much sicker, and a rash, dyspnea, chills and fever developed. She was referred to the hospital as a pediatric patient with the provisional diagnosis of meningococcemia, a condition then prevalent in the community.On admission the patient was in shock, cyanotic, vasoconstricted, anxious but well oriented. The blood pressure was 40/0, the pulse 160, and the temperature 35.8°C; she had . . .

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