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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]
Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. It is often performed because vaginal delivery would put the mother or child at risk. [ 2 ]
Symptoms, while classically including increased pain, vaginal bleeding, or a change in contractions, are not always present. [1] [2] Disability or death of the mother or baby may result. [1] [3] Risk factors include vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), other uterine scars, obstructed labor, induction of labor, trauma, and cocaine use.
60-70% of women after a cesarean section, 100% after 3rd cesarean section [1] A uterine niche , also known as a Cesarean scar defect or an isthmocele , is an indentation of the myometrium at the site of a cesarean section with a depth of at least 2 mm. [ 2 ]
Shawn Johnson East decided against using “narcotic” pain medication during her C-section delivery based on her history with Adderall. “Long story short, during my comeback in 2010, I was ...
I'm like, 'I'm still in pain. There's still something wrong.' They wanted to give me more epidurals after I already had several. My husband looked at them and goes, 'No, we need to do a C-section ...
Obstetric anesthesiologists typically serve as consultants to ob-gyn physicians and provide pain management for both complicated and uncomplicated pregnancies. [3] An obstetric anesthesiologist's practice may consist largely of managing pain during vaginal deliveries and administering anesthesia for cesarean sections; however, the scope is expanding to involve anesthesia for both maternal as ...
Pemberton had a previous Caesarean section (vertical incision), and with her second child attempted to have a VBAC. [26] When a doctor she had approached about a related issue at the Tallahassee Memorial Regional Center found out, he and the hospital sued to force her to get a c-section. The court held that the rights of the fetus at or near ...