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The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections : a longitudinal cohort study in India [PDF]

, 2014
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CA Carter, D Pittet, D Pittet, D Pittet, Dileep Mavalankar, DM Yealy, Harin A. Karunajeewa, J Hussein, J Hussein, Jacqueline Bell, Julia Hussein, K. V. Ramani, Kalpesh Patel, KS Khan, Leighton Walker, Lovney Kanguru, M Ashraf, MC Ruhe, N Tharpe, P Rajaram, PN Anandalakshmy, Purvi Patel, R Kumar, R Mehta, Rajesh Mehta, RW Haley, S Singh, SP Stone, TG Rana   +28 more
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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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A study of aerobic and anaerobic bacterial profile along with In vitro antibiotic susceptibility pattern in cases of puerperal, postabortion sepsis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2020
Background: Puerperal pyrexia and sepsis are still among the leading causes of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality both in developing and developed countries. The study was aimed to determine the causative organisms, risk factors, and antibiotic
Tanusri Haldar, Kalidas Rit, Nupur Pal
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Clean birth kits to improve birth practices: development and testing of a country level decision support tool [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Clean birth practices can prevent sepsis, one of the leading causes of both maternal and newborn mortality. Evidence suggests that clean birth kits (CBKs), as part of package that includes education, are associated with a reduction in newborn
A Ayaz, A Cameron, A Nyamtema, AC Seale, Bilal I Avan, ER van Teijlingen, ER van Teijlingen, H Blencowe, H Hassan, Harding A (Chair) Partnerships with the Private Sector in Health, Haris Ahmed, I Holloway, I Jehan, J Bryce, J Raven, K Forrest Keenan, KS Khan, National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc, S Soofi, UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities, USAID, V Hundley, V Hundley, V Hundley, Vanora A Hundley, W Graham, Wendy J Graham, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank, World Health Organization, World Health Organization and Global Health Workforce Alliance, World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Division of Reproductive Health (Technical Support)   +31 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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Hempelian and Kuhnian approaches in the philosophy of medicine: the Semmelweis case [PDF]

, 2005
Semmelweis?s investigations of puerperal fever are some of the most interesting in the history of medicine. This paper considers Hempel?s (1966) analysis of the Semmelweis case.
Gillies, DA
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Puerperal septic shock and necrotizing fasciitis caused by and [PDF]

Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 2018
Puerperal sepsis is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Postpartum pelvic infections can cause various complications, including wound infections and necrotizing fasciitis.
Yu-Jin Koo
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Providing education and tools increases nurses’ and midwives’ assessment for puerperal sepsis in a regional referral hospital in South Western Uganda

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Puerperal sepsis causes at least 75,000 maternal deaths every year, mostly in low-income countries. Early identification of sepsis and initiation of sepsis care bundles are crucial the survival of patients.
Rachel Luwaga, MNS,BNS, Esther Beebwa, MNS,BNS,RN, Joseph Ngonzi, PHD,MMED,MBCHB, Timothy Nduhukire, MMED,MBCHB, Laura Brennaman, PHD, RN,CEN   +4 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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