Annual report : 1938 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1938
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Credit: Annual report : 1938 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MORTALITY ON THE GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD September 1, 1932—December 31, 1938 During this period there were 38 deaths in 5,758 discharged patients, giving a gross mortality of 0.659% or 6.59 per thousand patients discharged. Operations Major . 1,820 Minor . 3,005 Total . 4,825 Deaths 17 5 22 Incidence of postoperative mortality — 0.455% (4.55 per thousand) The causes of death in these 38 patients are shown in the following table: 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Total Acute appendicitis (ruptured).. Angio-fibrosarcoma of broad ligament. Carcinoma of cervix. Carcinoma of ovary. Carcinoma of urethra. Carcinoma of uterus. Carcinoma of vagina. Cardiac failure . Coronary thrombosis. Hemorrhage, cerebral. Hemorrhage, cervical myoma .. Krukenberg tumor . Malignant melanoma . Narcosis (gas, oxygen, ether).. Pelvic inflammatory disease ... Pelvic malignancy (type?). Peritonitis . Pneumonia. Pulmonary embolus. Ruptured appendix . Sarcoma of ovary. Sarcoma of uterus. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 [ 60 ]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711017_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
