| dc.contributor.author | Abdulla, Shirazali | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-04T13:09:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-04T13:09:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/26101 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Master of medicine,(Obsterics and gynaecology)University of Nairobi,1992. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.adhl.africa/handle/123456789/7198 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The use of intrauterine device in 147 patients treated
in the Gynecological Unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital
for pelvic inflammatory disease, was compared with the use
in a sexually active,age -parity, matched,control group.
(34%) of the patients and (7.5%) of the controls were using
an I.U.D. Thus the relative risk of developing P.I.D.
was raised by 4.5 by I.U.D. use.
More than half the P.I.D. cases (68%) were between the
age group of 21 - 30 years, and in the same group the
majority of the I. U. D. wearers were found.
Among the I.U.D. users with P.I.D., 56% of the patients
developed P.I.D. within the first week of the last menstrual
Period and 78% within two wee ks 0 f the menses .
Only 8% of the cases developed P.I.D. within 3 months of
insertion of I.U.D.; and it is significant that 50% of the
cases had been using the device for 1 year.
Oral contraceptives were being taken by more controls
(33.3%) than patients (7.5%). | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | case records and commentaries | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
