Narone J N, Desai G, Malambo C
Med J Zambia. 1981 May-Jul;15(3):80-4.
Every year a large number of patients who are spontaneously aborting are admitted to the Gynaecological ward of the University Teaching Hospital (Lusaka) at various clinical stages of septic, incomplete, inevitable or threatened abortion. An undetermined number of these patients are induced outside the hospital. Analysis of data revealed that 60% of admissions in the gynaecological admission ward are abortions and a number of them present with features of sepsis. In a 4 year study period there were 15 maternal deaths as a result of septic/criminal abortions. Various methods are used to procure criminal abortions; out of which a case of a patient who used a knitting needle to procure abortion is presented.
每年都有大量自然流产的患者在不同临床阶段（如感染性流产、不完全流产、难免流产或先兆流产）被收治到大学教学医院（卢萨卡）的妇科病房。其中有数量不明的患者在院外接受引产。数据分析显示，妇科住院病房60%的入院病例为流产，其中一些还伴有败血症特征。在为期4年的研究期间，有15名产妇因感染性/非法流产死亡。人们采用各种方法进行非法流产；本文将呈现其中一例使用织针进行流产的患者案例。
