{"title":"The management of septic abortion in an intensive care unit.","authors":"R D Cane, M Rivlin, N Buchanan","doi":"10.1007/BF00579695","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The value of ICU treatment in the management of septic abortion has been assessed. Of patients subjected to hysterectomy, the mortality is now 20%, as opposed to 37% prior to the advent of ICU. It would therefore appear that these patients can benefit from intensive nursing and medical attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":75836,"journal":{"name":"European journal of intensive care medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"135-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1976-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00579695","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European journal of intensive care medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579695","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The value of ICU treatment in the management of septic abortion has been assessed. Of patients subjected to hysterectomy, the mortality is now 20%, as opposed to 37% prior to the advent of ICU. It would therefore appear that these patients can benefit from intensive nursing and medical attention.