Table 4 Identified postpartum admission by diagnosis, University Teaching Hospital, July–December 1999
From: Postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital admission in Lusaka, Zambia – a descriptive study
Diagnosis | Cases (n = 365) | Percent of all admissions |
|---|---|---|
Puerperal sepsis | 127 | 34.8 |
Malaria | 53 | 14.5 |
Infected tears/episiotomy | 26 | 7.1 |
Hypertension | 24 | 6.6 |
Pneumonia | 22 | 6.0 |
Infected caesarean section | 17 | 4.7 |
Anaemia | 11 | 3.0 |
Breast Abscess | 10 | 2.7 |
Symphisiotomy | 9 | 2.5 |
Eclampsia | 9 | 2.5 |
Puerperal Psychosis | 7 | 1.9 |
"After pains" | 6 | 1.6 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 5 | 1.4 |
Pyrexia (not linked to diagnosis) | 5 | 1.4 |
Postpartum Haemorrhage | 4 | 1.1 |
Pre-eclampsia | 3 | 0.8 |
Retained products of conception | 3 | 0.8 |
Urinary tract infection | 3 | 0.8 |
Other (gastroenteritis, meningitis, measles etc) | 21 | 5.8 |