[Considerations on 200 cases of vaginal burns by potassium permanganate]. / Consideraciones sobre 200 casos de quemaduras vaginales con permanganato de potasio.
Ginecol Obstet Mex
; 29(173): 275-9, 1971 Mar.
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PIP: Potassium permanganate in tablets is still used in Mexico under the wrong belief that it will induce abortion. What it does, instead, is to provoke deep burns and ulcers in the vaginal walls, and to cause serious hemorrhage. This study investigates 200 women who used potassium permanganate as an abortifacient agent, and who needed hospitalization. Average age was 28; 58.5% had 4 or more children; 88.5% were married, and 11.5% were not; all patients belonged to the lowest socioeconomic class. Many had antecedents of induced abortion, and most had been amenorrheic for only 4-5 weeks. 23.5% of patients was not pregnant. Acute anemia was the most common complication, followed by hypovolemic shock. In this series there was 21.5% of diagnostic error, which shows the importance of suspecting this pathologic entity in women bleeding profusely and for whom induced abortion is suspected.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Abortifacient Agents; Abortion, Drug Induced; Abortion, Induced; Americas; Biology; Burns; Clinical Research; Developing Countries; Diseases; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Genitalia; Genitalia, Female; Latin America; Mexico; North America; Physiology; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Signs And Symptoms; Urogenital System; Vagina
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Permanganato de Potássio
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Vagina
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Doenças Vaginais
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Queimaduras Químicas
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Aborto Criminoso
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Ginecol Obstet Mex
Ano de publicação:
1971
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México