[Acquired disorders of coagulation among patients at a centralised obstetric unit (author's transl)]

Treatment was given for 34 757 childbirths and 5,317 abortions at the Gynaecological Hospital of Medizinische Akademie Erfurt, GDR, between 1967 and 1977. Disorders of coagulation were recorded from 0.207 per cent of all cases. These had been caused by premature placental detachment, amnion infection, dead foetus syndrome, amniotic fluid embolism, septic abortion, and missed abortion. Incidence, mortality, and therapeutic policies are discussed.