General anaesthesia, a risk factor for complication following induced abortion?
Eur J Epidemiol
; 6(4): 416-22, 1990 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Of the 10,000 abortions performed at the Regional hospital at Modena in Italy between 1982 and 1986, 199 (2%) led to early complications. Investigation of the relationship between the risk of haemorrhage, injury, other complications and all complications and eight explanatory variables revealed that the adjusted odds ratio associated with the use of general anaesthetic compared with local anaesthetic was 4.6 (95% CI, 2.2-9.5) for haemorrhage, 1.3 (95% CI, 0.78-2.2) for injury, 1.6 (95% CI, 1.0-2.6) for other complications and 1.8 (95% CI, 1.4-2.5) for all complications. It is speculated that if the relationship between use of general anaesthetic and risk of complication is causal there could be about 40% fewer cases of complications and 75% fewer cases of haemorrhage following induced abortion if local anaesthesia were used rather than general anaesthesia.
ABSTRACT
PIP Of the 10,000 abortion performed at the Regional Hospital at Modena, Italy between 1982-86, 199 (2%) led to early complications. Investigation of the relationship between the risk of hemorrhage, injury, other complications, and all complications and 8 explanatory variables revealed that the adjusted odds ratio associated with the use of general anesthetic compared with local anesthetic was 4.6 (95% CI, 2.2-9.5) for hemorrhage, 1.3 (95% CI, 0.78-2.2) for injury, 1.6 (95% CI, 1.0-2.6) for other complications, and 1.8 (95% CI, 1/4-2/5) for all complications. It is suggested that if the relationship between the use of general anesthetic and risk of complications is causal, there could be about 40% fewer cases of complications and 75% fewer cases of hemorrhage following induced abortion if local anesthesia were used rather than general anesthesia.
Palavras-chave
Abortion, Induced--complications; Anesthesia; Biology; Bleeding; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Estimation Technics; Europe; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Incidence; Italy; Measurement; Mediterranean Countries; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Risk Factors; Signs And Symptoms; Southern Europe; Treatment
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aborto Induzido
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Anestesia Geral
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Anestesia Local
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article