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A temperature rise above 38 °C (100.4 °F) maintained over 24 hours or recurring during the period from the end of the first to the end of the 10th day after childbirth or abortion. (ICD-10) Oral temperature of 38 °C (100.4 °F) or more on any two of the first ten days postpartum. (USJCMW) [12]
This is a shortened version of the eleventh chapter of the ICD-9: Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium. It covers ICD codes 630 to 679. The full chapter can be found on pages 355 to 378 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
In the immediate postpartum period (puerperium), 87% to 94% of women report at least one health problem. [8] [9] Long-term health problems (persisting after six months postpartum) are reported by 31% of women. [10] In 2016, complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium resulted globally in 230,600 deaths, down from 377,000 deaths ...
Bladder outlet obstruction is classified based on where along the urinary tract the obstruction occurs, including upper urinary tract obstruction and lower urinary tract obstruction. Depending on the location of the obstruction, one or both sides of the urinary tract will be involved.
A postpartum disorder or puerperal disorder is a disease or condition which presents primarily during the days and weeks after childbirth called the postpartum period.The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages: the initial or acute phase, 6–12 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can ...
Perinatal asphyxia, uterine rupture, post-partum bleeding, postpartum infection [1] Causes: Large or abnormally positioned baby, small pelvis, problems with the birth canal [2] Risk factors: Shoulder dystocia, malnutrition, vitamin D deficiency [3] [2] Diagnostic method: Active phase of labour > 12 hours [2] Treatment
Up to 10% of women have a urinary tract infection in a given year and half of all women have at least one infection at some point in their lives. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] There is an increased risk of asymptomatic or symptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy due to physiological changes that occur in a pregnant woman which promotes unwanted pathogen growth in ...
Postpartum hemorrhage; Endometritis [20] Bacteremia (often due to Group B streptococcus and Escherichia coli) [12] Pelvic abscess; Mothers with chorioamnionitis who undergo a C-section may be more likely to develop pelvic abscesses, septic pelvic thrombophlebitis, and infections at the surgical site. [11]