Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia

Puerperal Fever

Puerperal Fever

commend curetting in acute cases, an operation which is practically condemned by all modern writers. No mention is made of any other operative treatment such as pelvic drainage, hysterectomy, ligature of pelvic veins, removal of tubes or ovaries, etc., all of which may have to be considered under certain conditions, nor does he seem to be aware that the treatment of puerperal septicaemia by mea...

Pyonephrosis: A Rare Cause of Puerperal Pyrexia.

Nephrolithiasis affects 10 % of general population and does not spare the pregnant population. Incidence of urinary tract calculi is infrequent during pregnancy with wide variation from 1 in 244 to 2000 pregnancies [1]. Although a simple stone event is usually straightforward in the general population, it is complex during pregnancy. Acute nephrolithiasis in pregnancy may be asymptomatic or pre...

Puerperal Fever and Allied Infectious Diseases

tion on the subject culled from many sources and make3. An interesting and worth}7 effort to discover the source and say the blame for puerperal sepsis in the United Kingdom. Dr. Geddes concludes that the general practitioner who must necessarily attend a large number of accidents and suppurating wounds is the most to blame in that puerperal fever, is highest in manufacturing districts and lowe...

A Series of Cases of "Non-Septic" Puerperal Pyrexia