This article aims to explain why the notion of mania puerperalis, or puerperal insanity, was not used in the Netherlands to exonerate women accused of infanticide, in contrast to other countries. It applies the concept of ‘travelling knowledge’ as an approach to the history of forensic medicine, pointing to the fields of medicine and law as contact zones inviting, promoting or barring the trans...

PURPOSE To compare obstetric outcomes of induced preterm twin births (under 32 weeks gestation) with those spontaneously conceived. METHODS Prospective study of twin pregnancies (25 induced and 157 spontaneously conceived) developed over a period of 16 years in a tertiary obstetric center. Demographic factors, obstetric complications, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, birth weigh...

OBJECTIVE To examine the nature of the earliest reported symptoms in women who develop a bipolar affective puerperal psychosis (PP). DESIGN A retrospective interview study. SETTING Women were recruited for clinical and molecular genetic studies of PP from a national PP network, articles in the national press and referrals from UK specialist perinatal psychiatry services. SAMPLE One hundre...

objective: this study was undertaken with an aim to determine bacterial species involved in post partum infections and also their abundance in patients admitted to at khanevadeh hospital. in this study out of three different kinds of postpartum infections (i.e. genital, breast and urinary tract), only genital infection is considered. materials and methods:  post partum infection among 6077 pati...

Objetivo. Determinar el meconio como factor de riesgo la endometritis puerperal en puérperas post cesárea atendidas Hospital Santa Rosa II-2 durante periodo 2018-2019. Materiales y métodos. Se trata estudio casos controles, que se incluyeron a postcesareadas con sin puerperal, entre 2018 2019. utilizó estadística descriptiva analítica para determinar asociación presencia líquido meconial puerpe...

Clinical symptoms, bacterial content in breast milk and treatment were recorded in 43 women in Oslo with puerperal mastitis. Patients with a favorable (n = 35) and unfavorable outcome (n = 8) (defined as abscess formation and/or symptom relief after more than 7 days) were compared. The group with unfavorable outcome was characterized by increased delay between symptoms and time for consultation...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the risks of severe acute maternal complications associated with cesarean section without medical indication. METHODS A systematic review was carried out with meta-analysis. The literature search was performed systematically, in multiple stages, in the PubMed, Lilacs, and Web of Science databases using the following descriptors: (postpart...

BACKGROUND Mood disorders are common in Chile. Among these, post partum depression (PPD) deranges the maternal and family relationships. AIM To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with PPD in puerperal women in Temuco, Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was administered to 73 puerperal women aged 15 to 32 years, between 40 to 45 days after ...

The association between mental disorder in parents and abnormalities in their children's development is well established. It is strongest when parents have a personality disorder, or a chronic or recurrent depression, or emotional disturbance, and possibly somewhat less if they have schizophrenia.1 In the community depressive disorders are widespread with prevalence for non-bipolar depression i...

Pregnancy and delivery have a major impact on the mental health of women, and give rise to many conditions mainly including maternity blues, postpartum depression, and puerperal psychosis, and also including psychiatric symptoms, neurosis, personality disorders and alcohol or drug dependence. While the incidence of maternity blues among postpartum women is high, the symptoms are improved sponta...