Septic Shock and Sepsis Syndrome in Obstetric Patients

Abstract

Recently, in an attempt to identify patients at increased risk for developing septic shock, the sepsis syndrome was defined for a nonobstetrical population. The diagnosis of this preshock syndrome is based on criteria consisting of readily recognized and easily acquired clinical data which include several of" the more common manifestations of sepsis (Table 1). The objective of defining such a syndrome is to encourage earlier recognition of evolv-

Lebensbedrohliche Infektionen im Wochenbett

“…Selbst in Lehrbüchern wird kaum noch darauf eingegangen, sondern die Puerperalsepsis wird eher als historisches Horrorszenario beschrieben. Nur in Einzelfalldarstellungen [17,31,33,35] und über Gutachtenanfragen werden derartige Fälle bekannt.…”