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  2. Neonatal infection - Wikipedia

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    Signs of infection Notes References abnormal complete blood count: looking for signs of infection in the blood: increased white cell count; presence of immature neutrophils [31] [32] increased C-reactive protein: a chemical in the blood that shows that the baby's immune system is actively reacting to infection [31] [32] [33] accessory muscle use

  3. Susceptibility and severity of infections in pregnancy

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    In women where the pregnancy is not the first, malaria infection is more often asymptomatic, even at high parasite loads, compared to women having their first pregnancy. [1] There is a decreasing susceptibility to malaria with increasing parity, probably due to immunity to pregnancy-specific antigens . [ 1 ]

  4. Neonatal sepsis - Wikipedia

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    Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (BSI) (such as meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or gastroenteritis) in the setting of fever. Older textbooks may refer to neonatal sepsis as "sepsis neonatorum".

  5. Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdown measures

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    Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day ...

  6. Complications of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Severe pre-eclampsia involves a BP over 160/110 (with additional signs). It affects 5–8% of pregnancies. [20] Eclampsia – seizures in a pre-eclamptic patient, affect around 1.4% of pregnancies. [21] Gestational hypertension can develop after 20 weeks but has no other symptoms, and later rights itself, but it can develop into pre-eclampsia. [22]

  7. What are the signs of a bacterial infection? Experts explain.

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    Certain bacterial infections can be serious and in some cases, life-threatening, say experts. ... Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. News. Science & Tech ...

  8. Obstetrics - Wikipedia

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    Puerperal sepsis is an ascending infection of the genital tract. [72] It may happen during or after labour. Signs to look out for include signs of infection (pyrexia or hypothermia, raised heart rate and respiratory rate, reduced blood pressure), and abdominal pain, offensive lochia (blood loss) increased lochia, clots, diarrhea and vomiting.

  9. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    Postpartum infections, also historically known as childbed fever and medically as puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge.