Annual report : 1932 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1932
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1932 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MORTALITY Deaths. 1 In 154 discharges there was one death Gross Mortality. 0.649% This was a post-operative death in 116 operative cases Mortality. 0.862% 1. Post operative pulmonary embolus with bilateral thrombosis branches of pulmonary arteries Age: 45. Patient in moderate shock was admitted as an emergency because of uterine hemorrhage. On twelfth day following admission had a diagnostic curettage. Pathological report was submucous myoma, infected. Eleven days later had abdominal subtotal hysterectomy. Patient had hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, and obesity. Post-operative course uneventful, except for tachycardia and elevation of temperature to 38°C. on the second, third, and fourth post¬ operative days. Death occurred suddenly on the fourteenth post-opera¬ tive day as she was returning to her bed after sitting up for the first time for one-half hour. Autopsy performed. [40]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32156157_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
