TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The Puerperium
A1  - Cunningham, F. Gary
A1  - Leveno, Kenneth J.
A1  - Dashe, Jodi S.
A1  - Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1  - Spong, Catherine Y.
A1  - Casey, Brian M.
Y1  - 2022
N1  - 
T2  - Williams Obstetrics, 26e
AB  - The  word  puerperium  is  derived  from  Latin—puer,  child  +  parus,  bringing  forth.  It  defines  the  time  following  delivery  during  which  pregnancy-induced  maternal  anatomical  and  physiological  changes  return  to  the  nonpregnant  state.  Its  duration  is  inexact  but  is  considered  to  last  between  4  and  6  weeks.  Although  much  less  complex  compared  with  pregnancy,  the  puerperium  has  appreciable  changes,  and  maternal  morbidity  is  surprisingly  common.  For  example,  in  a  survey  of  1246  British  mothers,  3  percent  required  hospital  readmission  within  8  weeks  (Thompson,  2002).  Moreover,  almost  three  fourths  of  women  continue  to  have  health  problems  for  up  to  18  months  (Glazener,  1995).  Of  self-reported  concerns,  pain,  breastfeeding,  and  psychosocial  topics  are  prominent.  Table  36-1  lists  data  on  these  from  the  Pregnancy  Risk  Assessment  Surveillance  System—PRAMS—of  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190762214
ER  -