Look up: Puerperal Fever

1. puerperal fever
   [n] - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)
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2. Puerperal Fever
   Infection after childbirth due to poor midwifery techniques especially antiseptic measures. Infection entered through injuries to the birth canal leading to septicaemia and often to death. Occurs within 3 weeks of childbirth
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3. Puerperal fever
   a fever arising after giving birth, also called child bed fever, caused by bacterial infection and commonly fatal until the introduction of sulphonamides and later antibiotics in the middle of the 20th century
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4. puerperal fever
   Infection suffered by women following childbirth.
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5. Puerperal fever
   Puerperal fever: Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal fever is due to an infection, most often of the placental site within the uterus. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes puerperal sepsis. Puerperal fever has ...
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6. puerperal fever
   Postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. ... Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. puerperal fever
   childbed fever noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
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8. puerperal fever
   a sometimes fatal complication following childbirth, resulting from an infection, usually with a streptococcus, that originates in the birth canal and spreads inward to a focus in the endometrium (see postpartum endometritis). This was a common cause of maternal death until the 19th century, but is rare in modern health care settings...
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9. puerperal fever
   infection of some part of the female reproductive organs following childbirth or abortion. Cases of fever of 100.4° F (38° C) and higher during the ... [2 related articles]
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10. puerperal fever
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. Synonyms: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis
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11. Puerperal Fever
    A body temperature above 98.6°F (37°C) that occurs after childbirth and is usually caused by an infection of some type. The illness is usually severe and occurs from unsanitary conditions in the deliverying facility. Synonym(s): Childbed Fever Broader term(s): Fever
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12. Puerperal fever
    of otherwise healthy carriers, particularly during winter. <small>Details: A pus specimen, viewed using Pappenheim`s stain @ 900x magnification</small> | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D011645 --> `Puerperal fever` (from the Latin pu...
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