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Table 4 Assessment for life-threatening complications and management

From: Management of abortion complications at a rural hospital in Uganda: a quality assessment by a partially completed criterion-based audit

Fulfilment of the criteria

Incomplete

Threatened

Inevitable

Missed

Septic

Total

n = 125

n = 66

n = 29

n = 10

n = 8

n = 238

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Vital signs

            

 Yes

4

3.2

2

3.0

1

3.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

7

2.9

 No

121

96.8

64

97.0

28

96.6

10

100.0

8

100.0

231

97.1

Fluid resuscitation

            

 Yes

11

47.8

0

0.0

1

25.0

0

0.0

1

50.0

13

35.1

 No

12

52.2

8

100.0

3

75.0

0

0.0

1

50.0

24

64.9

Antibiotics

            

 Yes

86

68.8

30

45.5

11

37.9

5

50.0

8

100.0

140

58.8

 No

39

31.2

36

54.5

18

62.1

5

50.0

0

0.0

98

41.2

Evacuation

            

 Yes

28

25.7

2

13.3

2

13.3

4

50.0

0

0.0

36

23.5

 No

81

74.3

13

86.7

13

86.7

4

50.0

6

100.0

117

76.5

Analgesia

            

 Yes

71

78.0

55

96.5

20

90.9

7

100.0

7

100.0

160

87.

 No

20

22.0

2

3.5

2

9.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

24

13.0

All criteria

            

 Yes

1

0.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.4

 No

124

9.2

66

100.0

29

100.0

10

100.0

10

100.0

237

99.6