Shuleeporn Prohm. Abortion in Ramathibodi Hospital. Master's Degree(Human Reproduction and Population Planning). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2009.
Abstract:
Abortion is a common pathological event of pregnancy. In addition to treatment
of spontaneous abortion, induced abortion to also a medical service provided for
maternal and fetal health. The objective of this descriptive research was to study
occurrence and characteristic of the pregnancies with abortion in Ramathibodi
hospital, Bangkok. For cases of termination of pregnancy, reasons for intervention,
methodology and complications will be included. This was a retrospective study, all
827 cases were collected from medical records recruited from January 2005 to
December 2006. The data were analyzed descriptively by frequency, percentage, mean
and standard deviation. Hypothesis testing was done by using Pearsons Chi-square
test at the 95% level of statistical significance, by using SPSS statistical program.
The results showed that, during the study period there were 356 cases (43.05%)
of spontaneous abortion and 471 cases (56.95%) of induced abortion. Induced abortion
had more advanced maternal age and gestational age than spontaneous abortion
(p=0.044 and p<0.001). Other characteristics, including season, gravidity, occupation,
marital status, religion and education showed no significant difference. Most
spontaneous abortions were cases of incomplete abortion (90.17%). The most common
management was dilatation and curettage, about 5% had complications due to retained
piece of product of conception and infection. The most common reason for
termination of pregnancy were dead fetus in utero (36.10%), blighted ovum (25.90%)
and maternal disease (14.86%). Most of the interventions to terminate pregnancy were
done by medical methods. 1.27% had complications and most of these were
hemorrhage (66.66%).
In conclusion, in Ramathibodi hospital there were more cases of induced abortion
than spontaneous abortion. Most induced abortion was done during in the 2nd trimester
of gestational age. There were few cases of complication, and most occured in cases of
spontaneous abortion. Manual vacuum aspiration was less frequently used and should
be encouraged.