Diagnosis of Puerperal Septicemia, with Cases

Cases of Puerperal Eclampsia

Comparison of Diagnosis Methods in Neonatal Septicemia

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Two Cases of Puerperal Pleuropneumonia

The following cases of singular interest occurred in my practice in the latter part of last year. As they were observed with a considerable amount of care, and as I cannot but think they are not of very usual occurrence, and as I believe they might serve for encouragement to some medical brother in charge of patients similarly affected, I have deemed it advisable to publish them. It is to be no...

Diagnosis of bacteremia in patients with suspected septicemia using polymerase chain reaction method

Background: Sepsis or blood stream infection is a clinical lethal syndrome with severe systemic inflammatory response to infection, if not treated quickly, is associated with dangerous consequences and high morbidity and mortality. The traditional and conventional method for identification of sepsis is blood culture method which is so time-consuming and long that it eliminates the possibility o...

Puerperal thromboembolic disease in "high risk" cases.

One hundred obstetric patients were studied for evidence of puerperal thromboembolic disease. Only one case of deep vein thrombosis was detected in patients thought to be in a "high risk" category because of age or operative intervention. Clinical findings were unreliable compared with measurements of (125)I-labelled fibrinogen uptake. Doppler ultrasound flow detection proved a simple screening...