What Causes Postpartum Sepsis?
Infection That Occurs Just After Childbirth Is Also Known as Puerperal Sepsis. Bacteria Called Group a Streptococcus (Gas) Are an Important Cause of Maternal...
Infection that occurs just after childbirth is also known as puerperal sepsis. Bacteria called group A Streptococcus (GAS) are an important cause of maternal sepsis. GAS usually cause mild throat infections and skin infections, or may have no symptoms at all.
How common is postpartum sepsis?
A recent analysis of delivery hospitalizations and postpartum readmissions in the U.S. found that 23% of in-hospital deaths were related to sepsis. The most common infections that triggered maternal sepsis were caused by bacteria such as E.How can sepsis be prevented after childbirth?
Puerperal sepsis is preventable with provision of adequate antenatal care, referral and timely treatment of complications of pregnancy, promoting institutional delivery and postnatal care.
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