Septic abortion

• Complication of a missed, inevitable, or incomplete abortion, in which retained products of conception become infected

Typically occur within 48 hours after abortion:

• Fever

• Abdominal and/or pelvic pain

• Purulent vaginal discharge and/or bleeding

• Uterine tenderness

• Septic shock

• Manage as any patient with sepsis

  • Broad-spectrum antibiotics

  • Surgical evacuation of uterine cavity