Vlcek Z., R. Svo bodova: The Dynamics of Bacterial Contamination of the Genital Organs in Sows During the Puerperium. Acta Vet. Brno, 49, 1980: 231-236. In 47 primiparous Large White sows, slaughtered at various times during the puerperium, the extent, degree and dynamics of bacterial contamination of the genital organs, was ascertained. The frequency of bacteria in the cranial parts of the sex...

Accurate measurement of the volume status in hemodialysis patients is important as it can affect mortality. However, no studies have been conducted regarding volume management in cases where a sudden change of body fluid occurs, such as during puerperium in hemodialysis patients. This report presents a case in which the patient was monitored for her body composition and her volume status was co...

Instances of congestive heart failure due to unexplained myocardial disease are not infrequently discussed in the literature. The present study, an extension of a similar study reported by Hull in 1937. relates this type of case to the terminal aspects of pregnancy and the puerperium with an incidence of 1 in 1300 deliveries. Four case reports with necropsy findings, together with the clinical ...

Dr Haultain's " Plea for a Rational Puerperium," read before the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society last July (1), was concerned wholly with one event in that period?namely, the resumption of the erect posture by the lying-in patient. The claim was then made that recumbency after the third day and in an ordinary case was unnecessary, and that it was rational management to allow the puerperal woman t...

Significant alterations are seen in hemostatic system during normal pregnancy and puerperium. Overall, it is a state of hypercoagulability and hypofibrinolysis mitigating the risk of severe bleeding during placental separation at delivery. On the flip side, it threatens a pregnant woman for thrombosis with the risk being four to six folds more in comparison to a non-pregnant woman. It is import...

BACKGROUND Approximately 8% of all women of childbearing age in Austria live with permanent impairments. In everyday life, women with disabilities face various challenges and discrimination, among which the issue of pregnancy and motherhood, in particular, is often considered taboo, and their parenting abilities are doubted. Knowledge in the medical field about the experiences of women with dis...

Background and Purpose: Cerebral venous thrombosis is characterized by its clinical pleomorphism and pathogenetic variability. We studied 67 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis associated with pregnancy and puerperium and compared them with 46 other cases unrelated to obstetric causes to disclose differences in their clinical presentation, neuroradiological findings, clinical course, and p...