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Puerperal sepsis

Known as: sepsis puerperal, postpartum sepsis, Puerperal septicemia 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Puerperal sepsis, the leading cause of maternal deaths at a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Uganda
BackgroundMaternal mortality is highest in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, the WHO- MDG 5 (aimed at reducing maternal mortality by… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Hand Hygiene and Anesthesiology
Even though hand hygiene in hospitals is currently considered as the standard of clinical care, the history behind this practice… 
2013
2013
Puerperal Sepsis in a Rural Hospital in Sudan
Background: Increasingly, women in rural areas in Sudan reported to hospital with puerperal infections. Aims: This study was… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Clinico-Pathological Discrepancies in the Diagnosis of Causes of Maternal Death in Sub-Saharan Africa: Retrospective Analysis
Background Maternal mortality is a major public-health problem in developing countries. Extreme differences in maternal mortality… 
1999
1999
The use of dexamethasone in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes--a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial. Dexiprom Study Group.
OBJECTIVE To assess whether administration of dexamethasone in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) has an… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Ignác Semmelweis and the Etiology of Fetal and Neonatal Sepsis
It is well known that Ignác Semmelweis discovered the etiology and prophylaxis of puerperal sepsis. However, few historians have… 
1995
1995
To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway said that childbirth was “a woman's battleground.” That statement is even more accurate today as… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Pregnancy Following Cardiac Prosthetic Valve Replacement
Objective: To determine the effect of cardiac valve replacement on pregnancy outcome. Methods: We reviewed retrospectively 151… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Epidemiological observations of thrombo‐embolic disease during pregnancy and in the puerperium, in 56,022 women
Highly Cited
1941
Highly Cited
1941
EXPERIMENTAL PIGMENTARY DEGENERATION OF THE RETINA BY SODIUM IODATE
SEPTOJOD,* which appears to have been introduced in 1920, has been used widely in German-speaking countries for septic conditions… 
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