Ultrasonic evaluation of postpartum sepsis with retained dalkon shield
✍ Scribed by Robert M. Zeit
- Book ID
- 102330572
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Recent Food and Drug Administration hear-intrauterine echoes. Removal of the device was ings ( 1 ) revealed that at least 11 maternal deaths then attempted through the 0s. This could not and 209 septic abortions have occurred in be accomplished, however, and the patient was pregnancies complicated by a retained Dalkon treated with intravenous antibiotics with good shield. In addition, a recent study suggests that results. She was subsequently discharged with extrauterine Dalkon shields induce marked peri-the shield in place and is t o return for elective toneal fibrotic reaction, leading t o possible removal of the shield. adhesions and potential bowel obstruction (2). Estimates of the number of shields in use range from 1.3 to 2.2 million. The following case illustrates the role of diagnostic ultrasound in the management of postpartum sepsis associated with the presence of a Dalkon shield.