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- Title
Post partum infections: A review for the non-OBGYN.
- Authors
Dalton, E; Castillo, E
- Abstract
The epidemiology of infections in the puerperium (post partum period) is not well understood and remains underestimated because surveillance systems are often limited to the acute care setting. The most common source of persistent fever after delivery is genital tract infection for which diagnosis remains mostly clinical and antibiotic treatment empiric. This review will emphasize surgical site infections (SSIs) and endometritis. Septic thrombo-phlebitis, mastitis, urinary tract infections and rare infections will be covered in less detail. Puerperal sepsis will not be reviewed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ENDOMETRIAL diseases; EPISIOTOMY; INFECTION; MASTITIS; PUERPERAL disorders; SURGICAL site infections; VENOUS thrombosis; URINARY tract infections
- Publication
Obstetric Medicine (1753-495X), 2014, Vol 7, Issue 3, p98
- ISSN
1753-495X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1753495X14522784