Table 7.

Adverse Events/Morbidities Associated with Abortion and Pregnancy

Adverse Events/ Associated with Abortion	* Maternal Morbidities Associated with Pregnancy in Women over 35 Years of Age
Anesthesia side-effects Incomplete abortion (retained products of conception) Continuing pregnancy/Missed Ectopic Pregnancy Pelvic Infection Hemorrhage (> 500 cm3 uterine bleeding) resulting from uterine perforation Uterine/cervical perforation Bleeding/Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Bowel or bladder injury Cervical shock	Acute Renal Failure Cesarean section delivery Gestational Diabetes/Diabetes Hemorrhage Hypertension disorders of pregnancy GU Infections Hematometra Hemorrhage (> 500 cm3 uterine bleeding) Myocardial Infarction Obesity and Weight Gain Placenta Previa Preeclampsia Preterm Labor Pulmonary Embolism Respiratory Distress Syndrome Shock

Callaghan, Creanga, & Kuklina, 2012; Franz & Husslein, 2010; Grossman, Anderson, et al., 2015; Hand, 2014; Lim & Singh, 2014; Raymond, Grimes, 2012; Raymond, Grossmam, & Weaver, 2014; Taylor, et al., 2017

*Maternal complications only