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Postpartum Fever
Aka: Postpartum Fever, Maternal Fever, Puerperal Infection, Peripartum Infection, Maternal Pyrexia, Intrapartum Fever
- Epidemiology
- Incidence Peripartum Infection: 5-7% (higher following Cesarean Section)
- Causes
- Female genital tract is most common source (esp. Surgical Site Infections)
- See Differential Diagnosis
- Risk Factors: Postpartum Infection (esp. Surgical Site Infection)
- Cesarean Section
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Obesity
- Systemic Corticosteroids (prolonged use)
- Tobacco Abuse
- Chorioamnionitis (or other concurrent infection)
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Diagnosis
- Postpartum Fever is Temperature >38.5 in the first 24 hours after delivery
- Differential Diagnosis: Seven W's of Maternal Fever
- Womb
- Postpartum Endometritis (or Chorioamnionitis)
- Wind
- Atelectasis is not cause of fever (fever and atelectesis are caused by major surgery)
- Pneumonia
- Water
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Walk
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pelvic Vein Thrombophlebitis
- Wound
- Cesarean Section related infection
- Episiotomy infection
- Epidural Abscess
- Weaning
- Breast engorgement
- Postpartum Mastitis
- Breast Abscess
- Wonder
- Drug Fever ("wonder drugs")
- References
- Dalton (2014) Obstet Med 7(3): 98–102 +PMID:27512432 [PubMed]
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934978/