childbed fever

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childbed fever

See puerperal fever.

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childbed fever - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

puerperal fever

blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

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blood poisoning childbed puerperal fever septicaemia septicemia			The etiology, the concept, and the prophylaxis of childbed fever (F. Yildirim, I., Ceyhan, M., Cengiz, A.B., Bagdat, A., Barin, C., ... by Rashotte, Judy / Dynamics 11) The cause of this condition was unknown and as the germ theory of disease had yet to be discovered, the prevailing belief was that childbed fever and other epidemics were due to miasma, "a bad quality to the air. Hand hygiene: the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease by DePaola, Louis G.; Fried, Jacquelyn I. / Access Doctors had many suspicions about the cause of the disease they called childbed fever. The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of ... by Science News			child labor child labour child minder child molester child neglect child pornography child prodigy child psychology child restraint Child study child support child welfare agency child welfare service child's body child's game child's play child's room child-abuse register child-bearing child-care child-centered child-directed speech child-proof childbearing childbed childbed fever childbirth childbirth-preparation class childcare Childcrowing childe Childe Hassam Childed childermas Childermas day Childers childhood Childing childish childishly childishness childless Childlessness childlike Childline childly childminder childminding Childness childproof children			Child-Proof Packaging Child-proofing Child-Pugh classification Child-Pugh score Child-Pugh-Turcotte Score Child-raising Child-raising Child-rearing Child-rearing Child-Resistant Packaging Child-Resistant Packaging child-stealing Child-support Child-support Child-Turcotte-Pugh Child-Turcotte-Pugh score Child.Maltreatment.Research.L Child/Adolescent Activity Log Child/Adolescent Day Treatment Attachment Child/Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Child/Parent Child/Teen Health Program childbearing childbearing childbearing childbearing Childbearing Center of Morris Heights childbearing period childbed childbed childbed fever childbirth childbirth childbirth childbirth Childbirth and Breastfeeding Foundation of Thailand Childbirth and Family Life Preparation Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association childbirth center Childbirth Educator Childbirth Nurses' Interest Group childbirth preparation childbirth preparation childbirth preparation childbirth preparation Childbirth Without Pain childbirth, fear of Childbirth, Morbid Fear of childbirth-preparation class childcare childcare Childcare Action Program ChildCare Action Project Childcare Adoption and Recruitment for Education Childcare Affordability Programme Childcare and Family Resources Childcare Approval Scheme Childcare Associations Australia Childcare Industry Association of Queensland Childcare Information Reference Collection Childcare Information Systems Development Project

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