The question of operative interference in puerperal infection is a very difficult one in many instances, and at the same time it is one of the highest importance. It is indeed comparatively seldom that one would be justified in performing hysterectomy in such cases, and yet there are occasions, as in the one I am about to record, where life can be saved by the procedure. Schultze, in 1886, laid...

OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic and clinical variables characteristic of non-epidemic intrapartum or puerperal group A streptococcal (GAS) infection. METHODS The records of 47 patients diagnosed with intrapartum or puerperal GAS infection over a 6 1/2 year period at Hadassah-University Hospital-Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem were reviewed. Data regarding 25,811 women, the general population of ...

this proportion will continue to increase. Recent papers on pregnancy and labour in this group of women have emphasized the higher incidence of anaemia, pre-eclampsia, premature and prolonged labour and puerperal pyrexia, when compared with older primigravidae. Additionally, cephalo-pelvic disproportion was said to occur commonly and to be responsible for a high operative delivery rate.1,4i 68>...

Introduction: Metritis is one of the causes of maternal morbidity and there are many risk factors for it. Because of the importance of possible association of meconium-stained amniotic fluid and maternal metritis the present study was done to determine whether meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is associated with puerperal infection. Methods: In this case-control study 150 women with MSAF a...

Puerperal infection with Group A streptococcus (GAS) can present with few symptoms and rapidly progress to a life-threatening condition. Often, the infection can be treated with antibiotics. Delay in diagnosis increases risk of sepsis, multiorgan failure, and death. GAS infection is a differential diagnose for all postpartum women with unexplained symptoms.