0 relating to the puerperium (= the period after childbirth during which the uterus returns to its normal size):
Haemorrhage after puerperal hysterectomy may also originate from the infundibularpelvic ligament.
There were no significant differences in the rates of maternal death, chorioamnionitis or puerperal sepsis.
These were mainly puerperal infections and bleeding requiring transfusion.
Prior to this time, puerperal fever was the commonest cause of maternal mortality, accounting for over 40% of maternal deaths.
But in every decade studied the most common cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality was the infection called childbed or puerperal fever.
Nevertheless, in the present study we found that plasma tryptophan was still significantly lower in puerperal women than in non-pregnant healthy controls.
The incidence of puerperal psychosis remains around 1-5 per 1000 deliveries.
Particular attention was paid to typhoid fever, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria and croup, influenza, pulmonary tuberculosis, cancer and other malignancies, and puerperal septicaemia.
