AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE PUERPERAL SEPSIS AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS

Objective: The objective of this case study is to find out the anomalies due to PS (Puerperal Sepsis) and its associated risk factors. Methodology: This is an observational research work and the duration of This study was from January 2018 to January 2019 at the department of gynecology Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Pakistan. In the duration of this study, all the females who gave birth in this hospital or referred to the same hospital within forty-two days after child birth suffering from PS detected by medical assessment were the part of this research work. Females suffering from other complications as fever, malaria & postpartum eclampsia were not the part of this research work. All the patients gave written willing. Registration of all the patient carried out on well-designed Performa. SPSS V.17 was in use for the collection and analysis of the collected information. Results: Out of total 3316 admissions, 3.890% (n: 129) females were suffering from PS. Majority of the females 65.110% (n: 64) were of the age of thirty-one years or above, multiparous 78.290% (n: 101) & unbooked 75.96% (n: 98) patients. The most common factors of risk were not availability of membranes 83.720% (n: 108) and mismanaged referred patients will deliver in this very hospital 26.350% (n: 26). Morbidities were available in the patients of septicemia 27.130% (n: 35), and scattered intra-vascular coagulation present in 17.820% (n: 23) patients, while 8.52% (n: 11) females faced the taste of death. Conclusion: The most common factors of risk were anemia; suboptimal hygiene of the patients as well as indecorous sterilization which caused the serious hazards to health such as septicemia, scattered intra-vascular coagulation & death of the patients.