Puerperal pyrexia: A review. Part II

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Maharaj, Dushyant ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RETINOL; ZINC;

CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPISIOTOMY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MASTITIS; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERAL PYREXIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 34249028953     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000266063.84571.fb     Document Type: Review

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