Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1945 / 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, 1945 During this period there were 107 deaths in 15,174 discharged patients, giving a gross mortality of 0.705% or 7.05 per thousand patients discharged. Operations Deaths Major. 4,554 40 Minor. 8,251 17 Total. 12,805 57 Incidence of postoperative mortality = 0.445% (4.45 per thousand) The causes of death in these 107 patients are shown in the following table: Cause of Death 1932 1933 1934 193 5 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total Angio-fibrosarcoma of broad ligament. , , , , 1 . . , , , , . . . . . . . , 1 Air embolism. . # , , . , , , , , 1 . , I Carcinoma of Bladder. , , , . , , , . 1 , . . , . , 1 Carcinoma of Cervix. , , 1 1 1 1 1 . . , , 2 3 . . 10 Carcinoma of Colon. , . , . 1 1 , . . , 2 Carcinoma of Ovary. 1 3 3 , , 4 6 2 2 1 2 3 27 Carcinoma of Rectum. • . • , • . « • 1 1 Carcinoma of Tube. , , 1 , . 1 Carcinoma of Urethra. . . , , 1 . , . , 1 Carcinoma of Uterus. 1 . , 1 I 1 1 1 2 1 9 Carcinoma of Vagina. 1 , , # # 1 2 Carcinoma of Vulva. # , # . 1 1 Cardiac Failure. , , 1 # . # # 1 Coronary Thrombosis. Diabetes. 1 1 1 1 2 2 Hemorrhage, Cerebral. Hemorrhage, Cervical Myoma. 1 1 • • • • 1 1 Hepatic Abscess. . . • . . . 1 1 Kruckenberg Tumor. 1 . • . . • . 1 2 Malignant Melanoma. • . 1 . . . . . • 1 Narcosis (gas, oxygen, ether). . . . . 1 1 , . . . 1 3 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. . , 1 . . • . . . 1 Pelvic Malignancy (Type?). 1 1 . . • • . . . . 2 Peritonitis. Pneumonia. 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 5 3 Pulmonary Embolus. 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 12 Ruptured Appendix. . . 1 1 • . . . . . 2 Sarcoma of Ovary. , . 1 , , . , . . . . 1 Sarcoma of Pancreas. # , 1 , . 1 Sarcoma of Uterus. 1 , , 2 1 . # , , 1 2 7 Tuberculosis, miliary. , , # , , . . , . . 1 1 Uremia. , . . , 1 . . . , 1 Total. 7 7 7 3 6 8 10 11 11 7 10 10 10 107 [36]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
