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What is Puerperal fever?
What is Puerperal fever?
- Puerperal fever: Delayed uterine infection after childbirth.
- Puerperal fever: serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Types of Puerperal fever:
Broader types of Puerperal fever:
- Peritonitis
- Puerperal disorders
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Who gets Puerperal fever?
Patient Profile for Puerperal fever: Women who gave birth within 10 days to 2 weeks
Gender Profile for Puerperal fever: Women only
What causes Puerperal fever?
Causes of Puerperal fever: see causes of Puerperal fever
What are the symptoms of Puerperal fever?
Symptoms of Puerperal fever: see symptoms of Puerperal fever
Puerperal fever: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Puerperal fever.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Puerperal fever.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Puerperal fever:
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Research for Puerperal fever:
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Hospitalization statistics for Puerperal fever:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Puerperal fever:
- 0.005% (590) of hospital consultant episodes were for puerperal sepsis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 93% of hospital consultant episodes for puerperal sepsis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for puerperal sepsis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 34% of hospital consultant episodes for puerperal sepsis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for puerperal sepsis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for puerperal sepsis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 28 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for puerperal sepsis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Puerperal fever
Main name of condition: Puerperal fever
Other names or spellings for Puerperal fever:puerperal sepsis, childbed fever
Puerperal fever, Childbed fever
Source - WordNet 2.1
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