Quantitative measurement of blood loss in medical termination of pregnancy
Gupta, I.; Majumdar, S.; Mehta, T.; Dhall, G.I.; Gupta, A.N.
Indian Journal of Medical Research 78: 49-52
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340 PMID: 6642599 Document Number: 575464
100 women 7-12 weeks pregnant undergoing medical termination of pregnancy by suction evacuation at the Nehru Hospital in Chandigarh, India, from October 1981-June 1982 were included in a study to measure blood loss during the procedure. The women ranged in age from 19-34 and 21 had 3 or more living children. The suction evacuation was performed under 10 mg of intravenous diazepam and paracervical block. The blood loss was estimated by the automatic extraction method of Newton et al. Among 9 women with gestational age of 49-55 days, mean blood loss was 19.06 ml, ranging from 8.4-30.5; among 65 women with gestational ages of 56-69 days, mean blood loss was 21.53 ml, ranging from 8.0-46.0; and among 26 women with gestational ages of 70-84 days, mean blood loss was 49.92 ml, ranging from 14.39-96.4 ml. Blood loss was more than 80 ml in 4 cases. The study showed somewhat less blood loss at later periods of gestation than did some earlier studies using different methodologies.