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childbed fever

/ˈtʃaɪld.bed ˈfiː.vər/

Tradução: Termo histórico para a febre puerperal, uma infecção bacteriana grave do trato reprodutivo feminino após o parto ou aborto, frequentemente fatal antes do advento da antissepsia.

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/ˈtʃaɪld.bed ˈfiː.vər/C1formalmedical
  • ptTermo histórico para a febre puerperal, uma infecção bacteriana grave do trato reprodutivo feminino após o parto ou aborto, frequentemente fatal antes do advento da antissepsia.

A historical term for puerperal fever, a serious bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage, often fatal before the advent of antiseptics.

  1. Postpartum infectionC2formal

    A serious bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage, often caused by poor hygiene during delivery.

    ptInfecção puerperal

    • Before the discovery of antiseptics, childbed fever was a leading cause of maternal death.
    • Ignaz Semmelweis famously linked childbed fever to doctors not washing their hands.
    • The symptoms of childbed fever include high fever, abdominal pain, and foul-smelling discharge.