Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat
2
Synonyymit
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| suomi | lapsivuodekuume |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | puerperal fevers |
Luokat
(pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
Streptococcus pyogenes (red-stained spheres) is responsible for many cases of severe puerperal fever.
(pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
In his 1861 book, Ignaz Semmelweis presented evidence to demonstrate that the advent of pathological anatomy in Vienna in 1823 (vertical line) was correlated to the incidence of fatal childbed fever there. Onset of chlorine handwash in 1847 marked by vertical line. Rates for the Dublin maternity hospital, which had no pathological anatomy, are shown for comparison (view rates). His efforts were futile, however.