Puerperal fever or childbed fever or puerperal infection, is a condition that results from an infection of the female reproductive organs, contracted during or following childbirth or miscarriage. Usually diagnosed when cases of fever of 100.4 °F (38 °C) and higher during the first 10 days following childbirth or miscarriage are found. If untrea...
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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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A disease occurring in puerperal women, usually a few days after the birth of the child and caused by infection of the uterus (womb), often with streptococcus. It causes fever, abdominal pain, and discharge of pus from the uterus. The introduction of asepsis in obstetrics by I. P. Semmelweiss greatl...
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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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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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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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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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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 gone by a number of different names including chil...
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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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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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n] - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)
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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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a systemic bacterial infection of the endometrium characterized by fever, rapid heartbeat, uterine tenderness, and malodorous discharge, chiefly occurring in women after childbirth, usually as the result of unsterile obstetric procedures.
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