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Associated factors with Puerperal Sepsis among Reproductive Age Women in Nandi County, Kenya [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2017
Background & aim: Studies have shown that puerperal sepsis is a major cause of maternal morbidity and the second cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. This study aimed to determine the incidence and management of puerperal sepsis among the
Maritim Violet Chepchirchir, Jackim Nyamari, Margaret Keraka   +2 more
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Birthing practices of traditional birth attendants in South Asia in the context of training programmes [PDF]

, 2010
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) training has been an important component of public health policy interventions to improve maternal and child health in developing countries since the 1970s.
Adamson, P., Armstrong, P., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Banerjee, A., Banerjee, A., Bhardwaj, N., Bhutta, Z.A., Brown, H., Carpenter, J.P., Chaudhury, N., Chirmulay, D., Dalmiya, V., Das, B.K., Fatmi, Z., Gavin Turrell, Guha, S., Helen Johnson, Hitesh, J., Hota, P.K., Isenalumbe, A.E., Jeffery, R., Jeffery, R., Jennifer Fraser, John, T.J., Kausar, F., Khan, M.E., Khandekar, J., Kitzinger, S., Kumar, R., Lak, D., Lettenmaier, C., Maitra, K., Mashelkar, R.A., Mathews, Z., Mathews, Z., Mesko, N., Misra, R., Nagadeve, D.A., Nandan, D., Nandan, D., Pfitzer, A., Pinto, S., Raina, N., Ram, K., Rodgers, K.A., Saeed Ali, T., Shariff, A., Sheela Saravanan, Smale, M., Smith, D., Smith, D., Smith, D., Sreeramareddy, C.T., Srivastava, S.P., Unnithan, M.K., Van Hollen, C.   +57 more
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Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in 1.3 million pregnancies: a nationwide prospective cohort.

PLoS ONE, 2014
ObjectiveTo quantify risk factors for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperal period.DesignIn a nationwide prospective cohort study we followed pregnant and puerperal women in Denmark from 1995 to 2009 for venous thromboembolism ...
Rie Adser Virkus, Ellen Løkkegaard, Øjvind Lidegaard, Jens Langhoff-Roos, Anne Kristine Nielsen, Kenneth J Rothman, Thomas Bergholt   +6 more
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Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundAround 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life, and infections represent one of the major causes in developing countries.
Saverio Bellizzi, Quique Bassat, Mohamed M Ali, Howard L Sobel, Marleen Temmerman   +4 more
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Analysis of a Streptococcus pyogenes puerperal sepsis cluster using whole-genome sequencing [PDF]

, 2012
Between June and November 2010, a concerning rise in the number of cases of puerperal sepsis, a postpartum pelvic bacterial infection contracted by women after childbirth, was observed in the New South Wales, Australia, hospital system.
Alikhan, Aziz, Aziz, Beall, Beres, Brenciani, C. Venturini, Carver, Croucher, Darenberg, Darling, De Costa, Gilbert, Green, Green, Harris, Hussein, Kwast, Larsen, Lewis, Li, Li, M. J. Walker, Maharaj, Mihaila-Amrouche, N. L. Ben Zakour, Noakes, Rasko, Raymond, S. A. Beatson, Sitkiewicz, Sitkiewicz, Stalhammar-Carlemalm, the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network, the members of the Infection Control Program, WHO, WHO, Zerbino   +37 more
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Perfil epidemiológico e clínico de pacientes admitidas com diagnóstico de sepse puerperal de origem pélvica em uma UTI obstétrica no Nordeste do Brasil Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients admitted at an obstetrical ICU with diagnosis of puerperal pelvic sepsis in Northeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2010
OBJETIVOS: descrever o perfil epidemiológico e clínico das pacientes admitidas com o diagnóstico de sepse puerperal de origem pélvica em uma Unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) obstétrica.
Euclides Dias Martins Filho, Alan Chaves dos Santos, Renato Stênio Torres Rodrigues Junior, Luis Adeodato, Isabela Coutinho, Leila Katz   +5 more
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Lessons from the history and philosophy of science regarding the Research Assessment Exercise [PDF]

, 2007
The Research Assessment Exercise (henceforth abbreviated to RAE) was introduced in 1986 by Thatcher, and was continued by Blair. So it has now been running for 21 years.
Gillies, D.
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A review of health system infection control measures in developing countries: what can be learned to reduce maternal mortality

Globalization and Health, 2011
A functional health system is a necessary part of efforts to achieve maternal mortality reduction in developing countries. Puerperal sepsis is an infection contracted during childbirth and one of the commonest causes of maternal mortality in developing ...
Sharma Sheetal, Mavalankar Dileep V, Hussein Julia, D'Ambruoso Lucia   +3 more
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Impact of risk factors on the timing of first postpartum venous thromboembolism: a population-based cohort study from England [PDF]

, 2014
For women with preeclampsia, BMI >30 kg/m2, infection, or those having cesarean delivery, VTE risk remained elevated for 6 weeks postpartum.For women with postpartum hemorrhage or preterm birth, the relative rate of VTE was only increased for the ...
Abdul Sultan, Al-Zirqi, Alyshah Abdul Sultan, Bates, Berkowitz, Cantwell, Carroli, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Dattani, Douglas, Drife, Eaton, Friedman, Gibbons, Heit, Jacobsen, Jacobsen, James, Joe West, Kamel, Kate M. Fleming, Laila J. Tata, Larsen, Lawrenson, Lindqvist, Lindqvist, Lindqvist, Lucas, Matthew J. Grainge, Morris, Rodger, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Salonen Ros, Schmidt, Simpson, Själander, Smeeth, Sultan, Sultan, Tepper, Victora, Walker, Zhang   +42 more
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Pregnancy complications in Brazilian puerperal women treated in the public and private health systems

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to analyze the prevalence of pregnancy complications and sociodemographic profile of puerperal patients with complications, according to the form of financing of the childbirth service.
Patrícia Louise Rodrigues Varela, Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Emiliana Cristina Melo, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias   +3 more
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