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Obstentrics_Williams. Van Os AF, Van der Linden PJ: Reliability of an automatic ultrasound system in the post partum period in measuring urinary retention. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 85:604, 2006 Vanhouten IN, Wysolmerski JJ: he calcium-sensing receptor in the breast. Best Prac Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 27(3)403, 2013 Ventolini G, Yaklic JL, Galloway ML, et al: Obstetric vulvar lacerations and postpartum dyspareunia. ] Reprod Med 59(11-12):560, 2014 Wager GP, Martin DH, Koutsky L, et al: Puerperal infectious morbidity: relationship to route of delivery and to antepartum Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Am J Obstet GynecoIn138:1028, 1980 Wagner CL, Greer FR, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding: Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency in infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrics 122(5): 1142, 2008 Wagner IJ, Damitz A, Carey E, et al: Bilateral accessory breast tissue of the vulva: a case report introducing a novel labiaplasty technique. Ann Plast Surg 70(5):549,n2013


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Obstentrics_Williams. Wagner IJ, Damitz A, Carey E, et al: Bilateral accessory breast tissue of the vulva: a case report introducing a novel labiaplasty technique. Ann Plast Surg 70(5):549,n2013 Wallace M, Saurel-Cubizolles M], EDEN mother-child cohort study group: Returning to work one year after childbirth: data from the mother-child cohort EDEN. Matern Child Health] 17(8): 1432,n2013 Weintraub AY, Aricha-Tamir B, Steiner N, et al: Postpartum uterine artery Doppler velocimetry among patients following a delivery complicated with preeclampsia. Hypenens Pregnancy 32(4):450,n2013 Williams JW: Obstetrics. New York, D. Appleton, 1903 Williams JW: Regeneration of the uterine mucosa after delivery with especial reference to the placental site. Am J Obstet Gynecol 22:664, 1931 Wolfberg A], Michels KB, Shields W, et al: Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention. Am J Obstet GynecoIn191n:708, 2004


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Obstentrics_Williams. Wolfberg A], Michels KB, Shields W, et al: Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention. Am J Obstet GynecoIn191n:708, 2004 Wong CA, Scavone BM, Dugan S, et al: Incidence of postpartum lumbosacral spine and lower extremity nerve injuries. Obstet Gynecol 101:279,n2003 World Health Organization: Exclusive breastfeeding for six months best for babies everywhere. 2011. Available at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statemenrs/20111breastfeeding..,20110115/en.l Accessed March ,2016 World Health Organization: Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: the special role of maternity services. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1989 Young OM, Werner E, Sfakianaki AK: Primary psoas muscle abscess after an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery. Obstet Gynecol 116(2 Pt 2):


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Obstentrics_Williams. Young OM, Werner E, Sfakianaki AK: Primary psoas muscle abscess after an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery. Obstet Gynecol 116(2 Pt 2): PUERPERAL FEVER ............................. 666 UTERINE INFECTION............................ 667 ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL INFECTIONS............. 670 ADNEXAL ABSCESSES AND PERITONITIS ........... 671 PARAMETRIAL PHLEGMON ...................... 672 SEPTIC PELVIC THROMBOPHLEBITIS............... 673 PERINEAL INFECTIONS.......................... 674 TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME ....................... 675 BREAST INFECTIONS............................ 675 One cannot ail to be impressed with the very large proportion of patients whose troubles have originated rom ibrile aictions during the puerperium, which in many cases were cleary due to the neglect of aseptic precautions on the part of the obstetrician or midwe. -J. Whitridge Williams (1903)


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Obstentrics_Williams. -J. Whitridge Williams (1903) Although the woman who recently gave birth is susceptible to several potentially serious complications, pelvic infection continues to be the most important source of maternal morbidity and mortality. Other infections include mastitis and breast abscesses. hat said, puerperal complications include many of those encountered during pregnancy. For example, as discussed in Chapter 52 (p. 1004), venous thromboembolism during the short 6-week puerperium is as frequent as during all 40 antepartum weeks. Other puerperal issues and care are discussed in Chapter 36.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Traditionally, the term puerperal iniction describes any bacterial infection of the genital tract after delivery. hese infections as well as preeclampsia and obstetrical hemorrhage formed the lethal triad of maternal death causes before and during the 20th century. Fortunately, because of efective antimicrobials, maternal mortality from infection has become uncommon. Creanga and associates (2017) reported results from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System, which contained 2009 pregnancy-related maternal deaths in the United States from 2011 through 2013. Infection caused 12.7 percent of pregnancy-related deaths and was the second leading cause. In a similar analysis of the North Carolina population from 1991 through 1999, Berg and colleagues (2005) reported that 40 percent of infection-related maternal deaths were preventable.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Several infective and noninfective factors can cause puerperal fever-a temperature of 38.0°C (100.4°F) or higher. Most persistent ivers ater childbirth are caused by genital tract iniction. Using this conservative deinition of fever, Filker and Monif (1979) reported that only about 20 percent of women febrile within the first 24 hours after vaginal delivery were subsequently diagnosed with pelvic infection. his was in contrast to 70 percent of those after cesarean delivery. It must be emphasized that spiking fevers of 39°C or higher that develop within the first 24 hours postpartum may be associated with virulent pelvic infection caused by group A streptococcus, discussed on page 667.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Other causes of puerperal fever include breast engorgement; infections of the urinary tract, of perineal lacerations, and of episiotomy or abdominal incisions; and respiratory complications ater cesarean delivery (Nlaharaj, 2007). Approximately 15 percent of women who do not breastfeed develop postpartum fever from breast engorgement. As discussed in Chapter 36 (p. 659), the incidence of fever is lower in breastfeeding women. "Breast fever" rarely exceeds 39°C in the irst few postpartum days and usually lasts <24 hours. Urinary inections are uncommon post partum because of the normal diuresis encountered then. Acute pyelonephritis has a variable clinical picture. The irst sign of renal infection may be fever, followed later by costovertebral angle ten derness, nausea, and vomiting. Atelectasis following abdominal delivery is caused by hypoventilation and is best prevented by gery. Fever associated with atelectasis is thought to stem from normal flora that proliferate distal to


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Obstentrics_Williams. Atelectasis following abdominal delivery is caused by hypoventilation and is best prevented by gery. Fever associated with atelectasis is thought to stem from normal flora that proliferate distal to obstructing mucus plugs.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Postpartum uterine infection or puerperal sepsis has been called variously endometritis, endomyometritis, and endoparametritis. Because infection involves not only the decidua but also the myometrium and parametrial tissues, we prefer the inclusive term metritis with pelvic celulitis. The route of delivery is the single most signiicant risk factor for the development of uterine infection (Burrows, 2004; Koroukian, 2004). In the French Confidential Enquiry on Maternal Deaths, Deneux-haraux and coworkers (2006) cited a nearly 25-fold increased infection-related mortality rate with cesarean versus vaginal delivery. Rehospitalization rates for wound complications and metritis were increased significantly in women undergoing a planned primary cesarean delivery compared with those having a planned vaginal birth (Declercq, 2007).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Women delivered vaginally at Parkland Hospital have a Ito 2-percent incidence of metritis. For women at high risk for infection because of membrane rupture, prolonged labor, and multiple cervical examinations, the frequency of metritis after vaginal delivery is 5 to 6 percent. If intrapartum chorioamnionitis is present, the risk of persistent uterine infection increases to 13 percent (Maberry, 1991). These igures are similar to those reported from a cohort of more than 11r5,000 women by the Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network in whom the overall pelvic infection rate approximated 5 percent (Grobman, 2015).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Because of the significant morbidity following hysterotomy, single-dose perioperative antimicrobial prophylxis is recommended for all women undergoing cesarean delivery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2016b). Antimicrobial prophylaxis has done more to decrease the incidence and severity of postcesarean delivery infections than any other intervention in the past 30 years. Such practices decrease the puerperal pelvic infection risk by 65 to 75 percent (Smaill, 2010).


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Obstentrics_Williams. he magnitude of the risk is exemplified from earlier reports that predate antimicrobial prophylaxis. Cunningham and associates (1978) described an overall incidence of 50 percent in all women undergoing cesarean delivery at Parland Hospital. Important risk factors for infection following surgery included prolonged labor, membrane rupture, multiple cervical examinations, and internal fetal monitoring. Women with all these factors who were not given perioperative prophylaxis had a 90-percent serious postcesarean delivery pelvic infection rate (DePalma, 1982). It is generally accepted that pelvic infection is more frequent in women of lower socioeconomic status (Maharaj, 2007). Except in extreme cases usually not seen in this country, it is likely uncommon that anemia or poor nutrition predispose to infection. Bacterial colonization of the lower genital tract with certain microorganisms-for example, group B streptococcus,


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Obstentrics_Williams. Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma ureayticum, and Gardnerela vaginalis-has been associated with an increased postpartum infection risk (Andrews, 1995; Jacobsson, 2002; Watts, 1990). Other factors associated with an increased infection risk include general anesthesia, cesarean delivery for multifetal gestation, young maternal age and nulliparity, prolonged labor induction, obesity, and meconium-stained amnionic fluid (Acosta, 2012; Leth, 2011; Siriwachirachai, 2014; Tsai,r2011).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Most female pelvic infections are caused by bacteria indigenous to the genital tract. Over the past 25 years, there have been reports of group A 3-hemolytic streptococcus causing toxic shock-like syndrome and life-threatening infection (Castagnola, 2008; Nathan, 1994). Prematurely ruptured membranes are a prominent risk factor in these infections (Anteby, 1999). In reviews by Crum (2002) and Udagawa (1999) and their colleagues, women in whom group A streptococcal infection was manifested before, during, or within 12 hours of delivery had a maternal mortality rate of almost 90 percent and fetal mortality rater> 50 percent. In the past 10 years, skin and sot-tissue infections due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A-MRSAJ have become common (Chap. 64, p. 1223). Although this variant is not a frequent cause of puerperal metritis, it is oten implicated in abdominal incisional infections (Anderson, 2007; Patel, 2007). Rotas and coworkers (2007) reported a


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Obstentrics_Williams. Although this variant is not a frequent cause of puerperal metritis, it is oten implicated in abdominal incisional infections (Anderson, 2007; Patel, 2007). Rotas and coworkers (2007) reported a woman with episiotomy cellulitis from CA-MRSA and hematogenously spread necrotizing pneumonia.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Common Pathogens. Bacteria responsible for most female genital tract infections are listed in Table Most of these infections are polymicrobial, which enhances bacterial synergy. TABLE 37-1 . Bacteria Commonly Responsible for Female Genital Infections Gram-positive cocci-group A, B, and D streptococci, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus Gram-negative bacteria-Escherichia coll� Klebsiella, Mycoplasma and Chlamydia, Neisseria gonorrhoeae Cocci-Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species Others-Clostridium, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium,


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Obstentrics_Williams. Other factors that promote virulence are hematomas and devitalized tissue. Although the cervix and vagina routinely harbor such bacteria, the uterine cavity is usually sterile before rupture of the amnionic sac. As the consequence of labor and delivery and associated manipulations, the amnionic fluid and uterus become contaminated with anaerobic and aerobic bacteria. Intraamnionic cytokines and C-reactive protein are also markers of infection (Combs, 2013; Marchocki, 2013). In studies done before the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis, Gilstrap and Cunningham (1979) cultured amnionic fluid obtained at cesarean delivery in women in labor with membranes ruptured more than 6 hours. All had bacterial growth, and on average, each specimen contained 2.5 organisms. Anaerobic and aerobic organisms were identified in 63 percent, anaerobes alone in 30 percent, and aerobes alone in only 7 percent. Anaerobes included Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species in 45 percent, Bacteroides species in 9


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Obstentrics_Williams. identified in 63 percent, anaerobes alone in 30 percent, and aerobes alone in only 7 percent. Anaerobes included Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species in 45 percent, Bacteroides species in 9 percent, and Clostridium species in 3 percent. Aerobes included Enterococcus in 14 percent, group B streptococcus in 8 percent, and Escherichia coli in 9 percent of isolates. Sherman and coworkers (1999) later showed that bacterial isolates at cesarean delivery correlated with those taken from women with metritis at 3 days postpartum. Group B streptococci, E coli, and enterococci are some of the more common blood culture isolates with metritis (Cape, 2013; O'Higgins, 2014). Although important because of the severity of infections they cause, clostridial species rarely cause puerperal infections (Chong, 2016).


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Obstentrics_Williams. he role of other organisms in the etiology of these infections is unclear. Observations of Chaim and colleagues (2003) suggest that when cervical colonization of U ureayticum is heavy, it may contribute to the development of metritis. To add evidence to these observations, Tita and associates (2016) recently reported that azithromycin-based extended-spectrum antimicrobial prophylaxis reduced postoperative cesarean delivery infections from 12 to 6 percent compared with j-Iactam agents given alone. Chlamydial infections have been implicated in late-onset, indolent metritis (Ismail, 1985). Finally, Jacobsson and associates (2002) reported a threefold risk of puerperal infection in a group of Swedish women in whom bacterial vaginosis was identified in early pregnancy (Chap. 65, p. 1245).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Bacterial Cultures. Routine genital tract cultures obtained before treatment serve little clinical use and add significant costs. Similarly, routine blood cultures seldom modiy care. In two earlier studies done before perioperative prophylaxis was used, blood cultures were positive in 13 percent of women with postcesarean metritis at Parkland Hospital and 24 percent in those at Los Angeles County Hospital (Cunningham, 1978; DiZerega, 1979). In a later Finnish study, Kankuri and associates (2003) identified bacteremia in only 5 percent of almost 800 women with puerperal sepsis. Blood cultures might be reasonable in women with exceedingly high temperature spikes that may signiy virulent infection with group A streptococci.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Puerperal infection following vaginal delivery primarily involves the placental implantation site, decidua and adjacent myometrium, or cervicovaginal lacerations. The pathogenesis of uterine infection following cesarean delivery is that of an infected surgical incision. Bacteria that colonize the cervix and vagina gain access to amnionic fluid during labor. Postpartum, they invade devitalized uterine tissue. Parametrial cellulitis next follows with infection of the pelvic retroperitoneal fibroareolar connective tissue. With early treatment, infection is contained within the parametrial and paravaginal tissue, but it may extend deeply into the pelvis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Fever is the most important criterion or the diagnosis of postpartum metritis. Intuitively, the degree of fever is believed proportional to the extent of infection and sepsis syndrome. Temperatures commonly are 38 to 39°C. Chills that accompany fever suggest bacteremia or endotoxemia. Women usually complain of abdominal pain, and parametrial tenderness is elicited on abdominal and bimanual examination. Leukocytosis may range from 15,000 to 30,000 cells/�L, but recall that delivery itself increases the leukocyte count (Hartmann, 2000). Although an ofensive odor may develop, many women have foul-smelling lochia without evidence for infection, and vice versa. Some other infections, notably those caused by group A j-hemolytic streptococci, may be associated with scant, odorless lochia (Anderson, 2014).


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Obstentrics_Williams. If nonsevere metritis develops following vaginal delivery, then treatment with an oral or intramuscular antimicrobial agent may be suicient (Meaney-Delman, 2015). For moderate to severe infections, however, intravenous therapy with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial regimen is indicated. Improvement follows in 48 to 72 hours in nearly 90 percent of women treated with one of several regimens discussed below. Persistent fever after this interval mandates a careful search for causes of refractory pelvic infection. hese include a parametrial phlegmon-an area of intense cellulitis; an abdominal incisional or pelvic abscess or infected hematoma; and septic pelvic thrombophlebitis. In our experience, persistent fever is seldom due to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria or due to drug side efects. he woman may be discharged home after she has been afebrile for at least 24 hours, and further oral antimicrobial therapy is not needed (French, 2004; Nlackeen, 2015).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Choice of Antimicrobials. Although therapy is empirical, ini tial treatment following cesarean delivery is directed against elements of the mixed lora shown in Table 37-1. For infections following vaginal delivery, as many as 90 percent of women respond to regimens such as ampicillin plus gentamicin. In contrast, anaerobic coverage is included for infections following cesarean delivery (Table 37-2). In 1979, DiZerega and colleagues compared the efectiveness of clindamycin plus gentamicin with that of penicillin G plus gentamicin for treatment of pelvic infections following cesarean delivery. Women given the clindamycin-gentamicin regimen had a 95-percent response rate, and this regimen is still considered by most to be the standard by which others are measured (F rench, 2004; Mackeen, 2015). Because enterococcal cultures may be persistently positive despite this standard TABLE 37-2. Antimicrobial Regimens for Pelvic Infections Following Cesarean Delivery


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Obstentrics_Williams. TABLE 37-2. Antimicrobial Regimens for Pelvic Infections Following Cesarean Delivery Clindamycin + gentamicin "Gold standard," 90-97% eficacy, once-daily gentamicin dosing acceptable Ampicillin added to regimen with sepsis syndrome or suspected enterococcal infection Clindamycin + aztreonam Gentamicin substitute for renal insuficiency Extended-spectrum penicillins Piperacillin, piperacillin tazobactam, ampicillin/sulbactam, ticarcillin/clavulanate Cephalosporins Cefotetan, cefoxitin, cefotaxime Vancomycin Added to other regimens for suspected Staphylococcus aureus infections Metronidazole + Metronidazole has excellent anaerobic coverage ampicillin + gentamicin Carbapenems Imipenemlcilastatin, meropenem, ertapenem .eserved for special indications therapy, some add ampicillin to the clindamycin-gentamicin regimen, either initially or if there is no response by 48 to 72 hours (Brumfield, 2000).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Many authorities recommend that serum gentamicin levels be periodically monitored. At Parkland Hospital, we do not routinely do so if the woman has normal renal function. Oncedaily dosing and multiple-dosing with gentamicin both provide adequate serum levels, and either method has similar cure rates (Livingston, 2003). Because of potential nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity with gentamicin in the event of diminished glomerular iltration, some have recommended a combination of clindamycin and a second-generation cephalosporin to treat such women. Others recommend a combination of clindamycin and aztreonam, which is a monobactam compound with activity similar to the aminoglycosides.


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Obstentrics_Williams. The spectra of 3-lactam antimicrobials include activity against many anaerobic pathogens. Some examples include cephalosporins such as cefoxitin, cefotetan, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone, as well as extended-spectrum penicillins such as piperacillin, ticarcillin, and mezlocillin. 3-Lactam antimicrobials are inherently safe and, except for allergic reactions, are free of major toxicity. The 3-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid, sulbactam, and tazobactam have been combined with ampicillin, amoxicillin, ticarcillin, and piperacillin to extend their spectra. Metronidazole has superior in vitro activity against most anaerobes. This agent given with ampicillin and an aminoglycoside provides coverage against most organisms encountered in serious pelvic infections. Metronidazole is also used to treat Clostridium dficile colitis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. lmpenem and similar antimicrobials are in the carbapenem family. hese ofer broad-spectrum coverage against most organisms associated with metritis. Imipenem is used in combination with cilastatin, which inhibits its renal metabolism. Preliminary indings with ertapenem indicated suboptimal outcomes (Brown, 2012). It seems reasonable from both a medical and an economic standpoint to reserve these drugs for serious nonobstetrical infections. Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antimicrobial active against gram-positive bacteria. It is used in lieu of 3-lactam therapy for a patient with a type 1 allergic reaction and given for suspected infections due to Staphylococcus aureus and to treat C diicile colitis (Chap. 54, p. 1048).


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Obstentrics_Williams. The use of periprocedural antimicrobial prophylaxis is com mon in obstetrics. Even so, no rigorous studies have evalu delivery or manual removal of the placenta (Chongsomchai, 2014; Liabsuetrakul, 2017). But, as discussed, antimicrobial prophylaxis at the time of cesarean delivery has remarkably reduced the postoperative pelvic and wound infection rates. bials reduce the pelvic infection rate by 70 to 80 percent (Chelmow, 2001; Dinsmoor, 2009; Smaill, 2014). he observed benefit applies to both elective and nonelective incision infection rates.


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Obstentrics_Williams. bials reduce the pelvic infection rate by 70 to 80 percent (Chelmow, 2001; Dinsmoor, 2009; Smaill, 2014). he observed benefit applies to both elective and nonelective incision infection rates. Single-dose prophylaxis with a 2-g dose of ampicillin or a first-generation cephalosporin is ideal. Both equal the eicacy of broad-spectrum agents or multiple-dose regimens (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2016b). For obese women, evidence supports a 3-g dose of cefazolin to reach optimal tissue concentrations (Swank, 2015). Extendedspectrum prophylaxis with azithromycin added to standard single-dose prophylaxis further reduced postcesarean metritis rates (Sutton, 2015; Ward, 2016). As noted earlier, Tita and colleagues (2016) reported that postoperative uterine infection was decreased from 12 to 6 percent with the addition of azithromycin to cefazolin. Women known to be colonized with MRSA are given vancomycin in addition to a cephalosporin (Chap. 64, p. 1223).


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Obstentrics_Williams. It is controversial whether the infection rate is lowered further if the antimicrobial is given before the skin incision compared with after umbilical cord clamping (Baaqeel, 2013; Macones, 2012; Sun, 2013). The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2016b) has concluded that the evidence favors predelivery administration. Abdominal preoperative skin preparation with chlorhexidine-alcohol is superior to iodine-alcohol for preventing surgical-site infections (Tuuli, 2016). Additive salutary efects may be gained by preoperative vaginal cleansing with povidone-iodine rinse or application of metronidazole gel (Haas, 2014; Reid, 2011; Yildirim, 2012).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Other Methods of Prophylaxis. Several studies have addressed the value of prenatal cervicovaginal cultures. These are obtained in the hope of identiying pathogens that might be eradicated to decrease incidences of preterm labor, chorioamnionitis, and puerperal infections. Unfortunately, treatment of asymptomatic vaginal infections has not been shown to prevent these complications. Carey and coworkers (2000) reported no beneficial efects for women treated for asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis. Klebanof and colleagues (2001) reported a similar postpartum infection rate in women treated for second-trimester asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis infection compared with that of placebo-treated women.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Technical maneuvers done to alter the postpartum infection rate have been studied with cesarean delivery. For example, allowing the placenta to separate spontaneously compared with removing it manually lowers the infection risk. However, changing gloves by the surgical team after placental delivery does not (Atkinson, 1996). Exteriorizing the uterus to close the hysterotomy may decrease febrile morbidity (Jacobs-Jokhan, 2004). Postdelivery mechanical lower segment and cervical dilatation has not been shown to be efective (Liabsuetrakul, 2011). No diferences were found in postoperative infection rates when single-and two-layer uterine closures were compared (Hauth, 1992). Similarly, infection rates are not appreciatively afected by closure versus nonclosure of the peritoneum (Bamigboye, 2014; Tulandi, 2003). Importantly, although closure of subcutaneous tissue in obese women does not lower the wound infection rate, it does decrease the wound separation incidence (Chelmow, 2004).


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Obstentrics_Williams. 2014; Tulandi, 2003). Importantly, although closure of subcutaneous tissue in obese women does not lower the wound infection rate, it does decrease the wound separation incidence (Chelmow, 2004). Similarly, skin closure with staples versus suture has a higher incidence of noninfectious skin separation (Mackeen, 2012; Tuuli, 2011).


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Obstentrics_Williams. • Complications of Uterine and Pelvic Infections In more than 90 percent of women, metritis responds to antimicrobial treatment within 48 to 72 hours. In some of the remainder, any of several complications may arise. These include wound infections, complex pelvic infections such as phlegmons or abscesses, and septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (Jaiyeoba, 2012). As with other aspects of puerperal infections, the incidence and severity of these complications are remarkably decreased by perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Wound infection is a common cause of persistent fever in women treated for metritis. Incisional infection risk factors include obesity, diabetes, corticosteroid therapy, immunosuppression, anemia, hypertension, and inadequate hemostasis with hematoma formation. If prophylactic antimicrobials are given, the incidence of abdominal wound infection following cesarean delivery ranges from 2 to 10 percent depending on risk factors (Andrews, 2003; Chaim, 2000). From our experiences at Parkland Hospital, the incidence is closer to 2 percent. Incisional abscesses that develop following cesarean delivery usually cause persistent fever or fever that begins on about the fourth day. In many cases, antimicrobials had been given to treat pelvic infection, yet fever persisted. The wound is FIGURE 37-1 Secondary abdominal wound closure technique. (Reproduced with permission from Worley KC: Postoperative complications. In Yeomans ER, Hoffman BL, Gilstrap LC III, et al (eds):


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Obstentrics_Williams. FIGURE 37-1 Secondary abdominal wound closure technique. (Reproduced with permission from Worley KC: Postoperative complications. In Yeomans ER, Hoffman BL, Gilstrap LC III, et al (eds): Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3rd ed. New York, McGraw Hill Education, 201o7.) erythematous and drains pus. Although organisms that cause wound infections are generally the same as those isolated from amnionic luid at cesarean delivery, hospital-acquired pathogens may also be causative (Owen, 1994).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Treatment includes antimicrobials and surgical drainage and debridement of devitalized tissue. his typically requires spinal analgesia or general anesthesia. The fascia is carefully inspected to document integrity. Local wound care thereafter is completed twice daily. Before each dressing change, procedural analgesia is tailored to wound size and location, and oral, intramuscular, or intravenous dosage routes are suitable. Topical lidocaine may also be added. Necrotic tissue is removed, and the wound is repacked with moist gauze. At 4 to 6 days, healthy granulation tissue is typically present, and secondary en bloc closure of the open layers can usually be accomplished (Wechter, 2005). As shown in Figure 37-1, a polypropylene or nylon suture of appropriate gauge enters 2 to 3 cm from one wound edge. It crosses the wound to incorporate the full wound thickness and emerges 3 cm from the other wound edge. hese are placed in series to close the opening. In most cases, sutures may be


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Obstentrics_Williams. one wound edge. It crosses the wound to incorporate the full wound thickness and emerges 3 cm from the other wound edge. hese are placed in series to close the opening. In most cases, sutures may be removed on postprocedural day 10.


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Obstentrics_Williams. his system was designed to apply negative pressure to a foamwound interface that would promote wound healing. The technique is variably referred to as vacuum-assisted closure-VAC; topical negative pressure-TNP; and negative-pressure wound therapy-NPWT. Several systems are available and widely (Echebiri, 2015; Rouse, 2015; Swift, 2015). In obstetrics, disrupted and infected abdominal wounds are a major indica tion for vacuum-assisted closure. Closure of perineal wounds resulting from infected episiotomies, hematomas, or abscesses is another (Aviki, 2015). hese devices are also used for the "open surgical abdomen," which is occasionally encountered in obstetrics. Negative-pressure wound therapy has also been used to prevent wound infections in those closed to heal by primary intention.


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Obstentrics_Williams. wound closure with conventional wound care (Semsarzadeh, 2015). Likewise, its cost efectiveness has not been thoroughly studied, although provider time is decreased substantially (Lewis, 2014). From their review, Moues and colleagues (201l) wounds because of scarce data. Other reviewers conclude that vacuum therapy is the most eicient method of temporary abdominal closure for patients with open abdominal wounds (Bruhin, 2014; Quyn, 2012).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Wound disruption or dehiscence refers to separation of the fascial layer. This is a serious complication and requires secondary closure of the incision in the operating room. McN eeley and associates (1998) reported a fascial dehiscence rate of approximately 1 per 300 operations in almost 9000 women undergoing cesarean delivery. Other than wound infection, obesity may be a risk factor (Subramaniam, 2014). Most disruptions manifested on about the fifth postoperative day and were accompanied by a serosanguinous discharge. Two thirds of 27 fascial dehiscences identified in this study were associated with concurrent fascial infection and tissue necrosis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. This uncommon, severe wound infection is associated with high mortality rates. In obstetrics, necrotizing fasciitis may involve abdominal incisions, or it may complicate episiotomy or other perineal lacerations. As the name implies, tissue necrosis is significant. Of the risk factors for fasciitis summarized by Owen and Andrews (1994), three of these-diabetes, obesity, and hypertension-are relatively common in gravidas. Like pelvic these wound complications usually are polymicrobial and are caused by organisms that make up the normal vaginal lora. In some cases, however, infection is caused by a single virulent bacterial species such as group A O-hemolytic streptococcus (Anderson, 2014; Rimawi, 2012). Occasionally, necrotizing infections are caused by rarely encountered pathogens (Chong, 2016; Swartz, 2004).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Goepfert and coworkers (1997) reviewed their experiences with necrotizing fasciitis. Nine cases complicated more than 5000 cesarean deliveries, a frequency of 1.8 per 1000. In two women, the infection was fatal. In another report, Schorge and colleagues (1998) described ive women with fasciitis following cesarean delivery. None of these women had predisposing risk factors, and none died. FIGURE 37-2 Necrotizing fasciitis involving the abdominal wall and Pfannenstiel incision. The skin rapidly became dusky and gangrenous, and pus is seen exuding from the left angle of the incision. Extensive debridement and supportive therapy were lifesaving. Infection may involve skin, supericial and deep subcu taneous tissues, and any of the abdominopelvic fascial layers (Fig. 37-2). In some cases, muscle is also involved-myoosciitis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Infection may involve skin, supericial and deep subcu taneous tissues, and any of the abdominopelvic fascial layers (Fig. 37-2). In some cases, muscle is also involved-myoosciitis. Although some virulent infections-for example, those caused tum, most of these necrotizing infections do not cause symp toms until 3 to 5 days after delivery. Clinical findings vary, and it is frequently diicult to diferentiate more innocuous superi cial wound infections from an ominous deep fascial one. A high index of suspicion, with surgical exploration if the diagnosis is uncertain, may be lifesaving (Goh, 2014). We aggressively pursue early exploration. Certainly, if myofasciitis progresses, the woman may become ill from septicemia (Chap. 47, p. 921).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Early diagnosis, surgical debridement, antimicrobials, and intensive care are paramount to successfully treat necrotizing soft-tissue infections (Gallup, 2002; Goh, 2014). Surgery includes extensive debridement of all infected tissue, leaving wide margins of healthy bleeding tissue. This may include extensive abdominal or vulvar debridement with unrooing and excision of abdominal, thigh, or buttock fascia. Death is virtually universal without surgical treatment, and rates approach 25 percent even if extensive debridement is performed. With extensive resection, synthetic mesh may ultimately be required later to close the fascial incision (Gallup, 2002; McNeeley, 1998). An ovarian abscess rarely develops in the puerperium. These are presumably caused by bacterial invasion through a rent in the ovarian capsule (Wetchler, 1985). The abscess is usually unilateral, and women typically present 1 to 2 weeks after delivery. Rupture is common, and peritonitis may be severe.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Peritonitis is infrequent following cesarean delivery. It almost invariably is preceded by metritis, especially cases with uterine incisional necrosis and dehiscence. However, it may stem from a ruptured adnexal abscess or an inadvertent intraoperative bowel injury.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Peritonitis is rarely encountered ater vaginal delivery, and many such cases are due to virulent strains of group A 3-hemolytic streptococci or similar organisms. Importantly in postpartum women, abdominal rigidity may not be prominent with puerperal peritonitis because of physiological abdominal wall laxity from pregnancy. Pain may be severe, but frequently, the irst symptoms of peritonitis are those of adynamic ileus. Marked bowel distention may develop, which is unusual ater uncomplicated cesarean delivery. If the infection begins in an intact uterus and extends into the peritoneum, antimicrobial treatment alone usually sufices. Conversely, peritonitis caused by uterine incisional necrosis as discussed subsequently, or from bowel perforation, must be treated promptly with surgical intervention .


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Obstentrics_Williams. For some women in whom metritis develops following cesarean delivery, parametrial cellulitis is intensive and forms an area of induration-a phlemon-within the leaves of the broad ligament (Fig. 37-3). hese infections are considered when fever persists longer than 72 hours despite intravenous antimicrobial therapy (Brown, 1999; DePalma, 1982). Phlegmons are usually unilateral, and they frequently are limited to the parametrium at the base of the broad ligament. FIGURE 37-3 Left-sided parametrial phlegmon: cellulitis causes induration in the parametrium adjacent to the hysterotomy incision. (Reproduced with permission from Worley KC: Postoperative complications. In Yeomans ER, Hofman BL, Gilstrap LC III, et al (eds): Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3rd ed. New York, McGraw Hill Education, 201o7.)


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Obstentrics_Williams. FIGURE 37-4 Pelvic computed tomography scan showing necrosis of the uterine incision with gas in the myometrium (arrows). There is also a large right-sided parametrial abscess (a). If the inflammatory reaction is more intense, cellulitis extends along natural lines of cleavage. he most common form of extension is laterally along the broad ligament, with a tendency to extend to the pelvic sidewall. Occasionally, posterior extension may involve the rectovaginal septum, producing a firm mass posterior to the cervix. In most women with a phlegmon, clinical improvement follows continued treatment with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial regimen. Typically, fever resolves in 5 to 7 days, but in some cases, it persists longer. Absorption of the induration may require several days to weeks.


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Obstentrics_Williams. In some women, severe cellulitis of the uterine incision may ultimately lead to necrosis and separation (T reszezamsky, 201r1). Extrusion of purulent material as shown in Figure 37-4 causes intraabdominal abscess formation and peritonitis as described above. Surgery is reserved for women in whom uterine incisional necrosis is suspected because of ileus and peritonitis. For most, hysterectomy and surgical debridement are needed and are predictably diicult because the cervix and lower uterine segment are involved with an intense inflammatory process that extends to the pelvic sidewall. he adnexa are seldom involved, and one or both ovaries can usually be conserved. Blood loss is often appreciable, and transfusion is usually necessary.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Persistent puerperal infections can be evaluated using computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Brown and associates (1991) used CT imaging in74 women in whom pelvic infection was refractory to antimicrobial therapy given for 5 days. hey found at least one abnormal radiological inding in 75 percent of these women, and in most, these were nonsurgical lesions. In most cases, imaging can be used to dissuade surgical exploration. Uterine incisional dehiscence such as shown in Figure 37-4 can sometimes be confirmed based on CT scanning images. hese indings must be interpreted within the clinical context because apparent uterine incisional defects thought to represent edema can be seen even after uncomplicated cesarean delivery (Twickier, 1991). Shown in 37-5 is a necrotic hysterotomy incision that leaked into the peritoneal cavity.


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Obstentrics_Williams. FIGURE 37-5 Necrotic hysterotomy infection. Severe cellulitis of the uterine incision resulted in dehiscence with subsequent leakage into the peritoneal cavity. Hysterectomy was required for sufficient debridement of necrotic tissue. Occasionally, a parametrial phlegmon may suppurate, forming a fluctuant broad ligament mass that may point above the inguinal ligament. hese abscesses can dissect anteriorly as shown in Figure 37-4 and be amenable to CT-directed needle drainage. Occasionally they dissect posteriorly to the rectovaginal septum, where surgical drainage is easily efected by colpotomy. Apsoas abscess is rare, and despite antimicrobial therapy, percutaneous drainage may be required to efectively treat it (Shahabi, 2002; Swanson, 2008).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Suppurative thrombophlebitis was a frequent complication in the preantibiotic era, and septic embolization was common. However, with the advent of antimicrobial therapy, the mortality rate and need for surgical therapy for these infections diminished. Septic phlebitis arises as an extension along venous routes and may cause thrombosis as shown in Figure 37-6. Lymphangitis often coexists. he ovarian veins may then become involved because they drain the upper uterus and therefore the placental implantation site. The experiences of Witlin and Sibai (1995) and Brown and coworkers (1999) suggest that puerperal septic thrombophlebitis is likely to involve one or both ovarian venous plexuses. In a fourth of women, the clot extends into the inferior vena cava and occasionally to the renal vein. The incidence of septic phlebitis has varied in several reports.


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Obstentrics_Williams. The incidence of septic phlebitis has varied in several reports. In a 5-year survey of 45,000 women who were delivered at Parkland Hospital, Brown and associates (1999) found an incidence of septic pelvic thrombophlebitis in 1 per 9000 gravidas following vaginal delivery and 1 per 800 after cesarean delivery. he overall incidence of 1 per 3000 deliveries was similar to the 1 per 2000 reported by Dunnihoo and colleagues (1991). In large studies of women with cesarean delivery, the incidence was 1 in 400 to 1 in 1000 surgeries (Dotters-Katz, 2017; Rouse 2004). Chorioamnionitis, endometritis, and wound complications were other risks. Women with septic thrombophlebitis usually have symptomatic improvement with antimicrobial Inferior vena cava treatment, however, they continue to have fever. Although pain occasionally is noted in one or both lower quadrants, patients are usually asymptomatic except for chills. As shown in


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Obstentrics_Williams. Common iliac vein Figure 37-7, the diagnosis can be con firmed by pelvic CT or MR imaging (Klima, 2008). Using either, Brown and colleagues (1r999) found that 20 percent of 69 women with metritis who had fever despite >5 days of appropriate antimicrobial therapy Internal iliac vein had septic pelvic thrombophlebitis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. It has been disproven that intravenous heparin causes fever to dissipate with septic phlebitis (Brown, 1986; Witlin, 1995). And although Garcia and coworkers (2006) and Klima and Snyder (2008) advocate heparin therapy, we do not recommend anticoagulation. In a randomized study of (1999), the addition of heparin to to any pelvic vessel as well as the inferior vena cava. The clot in the right common iliac vein extends from the uterine and internal iliac veins and into the inferior vena cava. The ovarian antimicrobial therapy for septic pelvein septic thrombosis extends halfway to the vena cava. vic thrombophlebitis did not hasten FIGURE 37-7 Septic ovarian vein thrombosis-contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan. A.Enlarged right ovarian vein filled with low-density thrombus (black arrow). Contrast is seen in ureter (white arrow). R = lower pole, right kidney. B. Coronal image demonstrates enlarged right ovarian vein filled with low-density thrombus (arrows). (Reproduced with


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Obstentrics_Williams. Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3rd ed. New York, McGraw Hill Education, 201o7.) recovery or improve outcome. Certainly, no evidence supports long-term anticoagulation. Episiotomy infections are not common because the operation is performed much less frequently now than in the past (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 20 16a). Reasons for this are discussed further in Chapter 27 (p. 530). In an older study, Owen and Hauth (1990) described only 10 episiotomy infections in 20,000 women delivered vaginally. With infection, however, dehiscence is a concern. Ramin and colleagues (1992) reported an episiotomy dehiscence rate of 0.5 percent at Parkland Hospital-80 percent of these were infected. Uygur and associates (2004) reported a I-percent dehiscence rate and attributed two thirds to infection. No data suggest that dehiscence is related to faulty repair.


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Obstentrics_Williams. When the anal sphincter is disrupted at delivery, the subsequent infection rate is higher and is likely influenced by intrapartum antimicrobial treatment (Buppasiri, 2014; Stock, 2013). Lewicky-Gaupp and colleagues (2015) reported a 20-percent infection rate. Infection of a fourth-degree laceration can be even more serious. Goldaber and coworkers (1993) described fourth-degree lacerations in 390 parturients, of whom 5.4 percent had morbidity. In these women, 2.8 percent had infection and dehiscence, 1.8 percent had only dehiscence, and 0.8 percent only infection. Although life-threatening septic shock is rare, it may still occur as a result of an infected episiotomy. Occasionally also, necrotizing fasciitis develops as discussed on page 671.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Episiotomy dehiscence is most commonly associated with infection. Other factors include coagulation disorders, smoking, and human papillomavirus infection (Ramin, 1994). Local pain and dysuria, with or without urinary retention, are frequent symptoms. Ramin and colleagues (1992), evaluating a series of 34 women with episiotomy dehiscence, reported that the most common indings were pain in 65 percent, purulent discharge in 65 percent, and fever in 44 percent. In extreme cases, the entire vulva may become edematous, ulcerated, and covered with exudate.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Vaginal lacerations may also become infected directly or by extension from the perineum. he epithelium becomes red and swollen and may then become necrotic and slough. Parametrial extension can lead to lymphangitis. Cervical lacerations are common but seldom are noticeably infected, which may manifest as metritis. Deep lacerations that extend directly into the base of the broad ligament may become infected and cause lymphangitis, parametritis, and bacteremia. Treatment. Infected episiotomies are managed similar to other infected surgical wounds. Drainage is established, and in most cases, sutures are removed and the infected wound debrided. In women with obvious cellulitis but no purulence, close observation and broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy alone may be appropriate. With dehiscence, local wound care is continued along with intravenous antimicrobials.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Early Repair of Infected Episiotomy. Hauth and colleagues (1986) were the irst to advocate early episiotomy repair after infection subsided, and other studies have confirmed the eicacy of this approach. Hankins and coworkers (1990) described early repair in 31 women with an average duration of 6 days from dehiscence to repair. All but two had a successful repair. Each of the two women with failures developed a pinpoint rectovaginal istula that was treated successfully with a small rectal lap. With episiotomy dehiscence due to infection, Ramin and coworkers (1992) reported successful early repair in 32 of TABLE 37-3. Preoperative Protocol for Early Repair of Episiotomy Dehiscence Open wound, remove sutures, begin intravenous or general anesthesia may be necessary for the first Scrub wound twice daily with a povidone-iodine solution


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Obstentrics_Williams. Open wound, remove sutures, begin intravenous or general anesthesia may be necessary for the first Scrub wound twice daily with a povidone-iodine solution Closure when afebrile and pink, healthy granulation tissue 34 women (94 percent), and Uygur and colleagues (2004) noted a similarly high percentage. Rarely, intestinal diversion may be required to allow healing (Rose, 2005).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Before performing early repair, diligent preparation is essential as outlined in Table 37-3. The surgical wound must be properly cleaned and cleared of infection. Once the surface of the episiotomy wound is free of infection and exudate and covered by pink granulation tissue, secondary repair can be accomplished. The tissue must be adequately mobilized, with special attention to identiy and mobilize the anal sphincter muscle. Secondary closure of the episiotomy is accomplished in layers, as described for primary episiotomy closure (Chap. 27, p. 531). Postoperative care includes local wound care, stool softeners, and nothing per vagina or recrum until healed.


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Obstentrics_Williams. This acute febrile illness with severe multisystem derangement has a case-fatality rate of 10 to 15 percent. Fever, headache, mental confusion, difuse macular erythematous rash, subcutaneous edema, nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, and marked hemoconcentration are usual findings. Renal failure followed by hepatic failure, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and circulatory collapse may follow in rapid sequence. During recovery, the rash-covered areas undergo desquamation. For some time, Staphylococcus aureus was recovered from almost all aHicted persons. Specifically, a staphylococcal exotoxin, termed toxic shock syndrome toxin-l (TSST-l), was found to cause the clinical manifestations by provoking profound endothelial injury. A very small amount ofTSST-1 has been shown to activate T cells to create a "cytokine storm" as described by Que (2005) and Heying (2007) and their coworkers.


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Obstentrics_Williams. During the 1990s, sporadic reports of virulent group A 3-hemolytic streptococcal infection began to appear (Anderson, 2014). Heavy colonization or infection is complicated in some cases by streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which is produced when pyrogenic exotoxin is elaborated. Serotypes MI and M3 are particularly virulent (Beres, 2004; Okumura, 2004). Finally, almost identical indings of toxic shock were reported by Robbie and associates (2000) in women with Clos tridium sordellii colonization. Thus, in some cases of toxic shock syndrome, infection is not apparent and colonization of a mucosal surface is the pre sumed source. At least 10 to 20 percent of pregnant women have vaginal colonization with S aureus. And Clostridium petingens and sordellii are cultured from 3 to 10 percent of asymptomatic women (Chong, 2016). Thus, it is not surprising that the disease develops in postpartum women when growth of vaginal bacteria is luxuriant (Chen, 2006; Guerinot, 1982).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Delayed diagnosis and treatment may be associated with maternal mortality (Schummer, 2002). Crum and colleagues shock syndrome. Principal therapy is supportive, while allow ing reversal of capillary endothelial injury. Ant�microbial ther apy that includes staphylococcal and streptococcal coverage is given. With evidence of pelvic infection, antimicrobial therapy must also include agents used for polymicrobial infections. Women with these infections may require extensive wound debridement and possibly hysterectomy. Because the toxin is so potent, the mortality rate is correspondingly high (Hotch kiss, 2003).


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Obstentrics_Williams. Parenchymal infection of the mammary glands is a rare antepartum complication but is estimated to develop in up to a third of breast feeding women (Barbosa-Cesnik, 2003). Excluding breast engorgement, in our experiences, as well as that of Lee and associates (2010), the incidence of mastitis is much lower and probably approximates 3 percent. No evidence supports any of several prophylactic measures to prevent breast infection (Crepinsek, 2012). Risk factors include diiculties in nursing, cracked nipples, and oral antibiotic therapy (BranchElliman, 2012; Mediano, 2014). Symptoms of suppurative mastitis seldom appear before the end of the first week postpartum and, as a rule, not until the third or fourth week. Infection almost invariably is unilateral, and marked engorgement usually precedes inlammation. Symptoms include chills or actual rigors, which are soon followed by fever and tachycardia. Pain is severe, and the breast(s) becomes hard and red (Fig. 37-8). Approximately 10 percent


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Obstentrics_Williams. inlammation. Symptoms include chills or actual rigors, which are soon followed by fever and tachycardia. Pain is severe, and the breast(s) becomes hard and red (Fig. 37-8). Approximately 10 percent of women with mastitis develop an abscess. Detection of fluctuation may be diicult, and sonography is usually diagnostic.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Staphylococcus au reus, especially MRSA, is the most commonly isolated organism in breast infections. Matheson and coworkers (1988) found it in 40 percent of women with mastitis. Other commonly isolated organisms are coagulase-negative staphylococci and viridans streptococci. The immediate source of organisms that cause mastitis is almost always the infant's nose and throat. Bacteria enter the breast through the nipple at fissures or small abrasions. he infecting organism can usually be cultured from milk. Toxic shock syndrome from mastitis caused by S aureus has been reported (Demey, 1989; Fujiwara, 2001). FIGURE 37-8 Puerperal mastitis with breast abscess. A.Photograph shows indurated, erythematous skin overlying area of right breast infection. B. Sonographic picture of this 5-cm abscess. (Used with permission from Dr. Emily Adhikari.)


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Obstentrics_Williams. At times, suppurative mastitis reaches epidemic levels among nursing mothers. Such outbreaks most often coincide with the appearance of a new strain of antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus. A contemporaneous example is CA-MRSA, which has rapidly become the most commonly isolated staphylococcal species in some areas (Berens, 2010; Klevens, 2007). At Parkland Hospital from 2000 to 2004, Laibl and associates (2005) reported that a fourth of CA-MRSA isolates were from pregnant or postpartum women with puerperal mastitis. Hospital-acquired MRSA may cause mastitis when the newborn becomes colonized ater contact with nursery personnel who are colonized (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006). Staford and colleagues (2008) found a higher incidence of recurrent abscess in those with CA-MRSA-associated mastitis.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Provided that appropriate therapy for mastItiS is started before suppuration begins, the infection usually resolves within 48 hours. As discussed, abscess formation is more common with Saureus infection (Matheson, 1988). Most recommend that milk be expressed from the afected breast onto a swab and cultured before therapy is begun. Bacterial identification and antimicrobial sensitivities provide information mandatory for a successful program of nosocomial infection surveillance (Lee, 2010).


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Obstentrics_Williams. The most efective treatment has not been reported Oahanfar, 2013). hus, the initial antimicrobial choice is influenced by the current experience with staphylococcal infections at a given institution. Dicloxacillin, 500 mg orally four times daily, may be started empirically. Erythromycin is given to women who are penicillin sensitive. If the infection is caused by resistant, penicillinase-producing staphylococci or if resistant organisms are suspected while awaiting the culture results, then vancomycin, clindamycin, or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is given (Sheield, 2013). Although clinical response may be prompt, treatment is recommended for 10 to 14 days.


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Obstentrics_Williams. Marshall and coworkers (1975) demonstrated the importance of continued breastfeeding. hey reported that of 65 women with mastitis, the only three who developed abscesses were among the 15 women who quit breastfeeding. Vigorous milk expression may be suicient treatment alone (homsen, 1984). Sometimes the infant will not nurse on the inlamed breast. his probably is not related to any changes in the milk taste but is secondary to engorgement and edema, which can make the areola harder to grip. Pumping can alleviate this. When nursing bilaterally, it is best to begin suckling on the uninvolved breast. This allows let-down to commence before moving to the tender breast.


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Obstentrics_Williams. In resource-poor countries, breastfeeding in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not contraindicated. In the setting of mastitis or breast abscess, it is recommended to stop feeding from the infected breast. his is because HIV RNA levels increase in afected breast milk. These levels return to baseline after symptoms resolve (Semrau, 2013).


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Obstentrics_Williams. In a population-based study of nearly 1.5 million Swedish women, the incidence of breast abscess was 0.1 percent (Kvist, 2005). An abscess should be suspected when defervescence does not follow within 48 to 72 hours of mastitis treatment or when a mass is palpable. Again, sonographic imaging is valuable. Breast abscesses can be large, and in one case report, 2 L of pus were released (Martic, 2012). Traditional therapy is surgical drainage, which usually requires general anesthesia. he incision ideally is placed along Langer skin lines for a cosmetic result (Stehman, 1990). In early cases, a single incision over the most dependent portion of luctuation is usually suicient. Multiple abscesses, however, require several incisions and disruption of loculations. The resulting cavity is loosely packed with gauze, which should be replaced at the end of 24 hours by a smaller pack.


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Obstentrics_Williams. A more recently used technique that is less invasive is sonographically guided needle aspiration using local analgesia. his has an 80-to 90-percent success rate (Geiss, 2014; Schwarz, 2001). In a randomized trial, Naeem and colleagues (2012) compared surgical drainage and aspiration. They found aspiration resulted in quicker healing at 8 weeks, 77 versus 93 percent, respectively. Acosta CD, Bhattacharya S, Tufnell D, et al: Maternal sepsis: a Scottish population-based case-control study. BJOG 119(4):474,2012 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Prevention and management of obstetric lacerations at vaginal delivery. Practice Bulletin No. 165, July 2016a . . American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Use of prophylaCtIc antibiotics in labor and delivery. Practice Bulletin No. 120, June 2011, Reafirmed 20n16b Anderson BL: Puerperal group A streptococcal infection: beyond Semmelweis. Obstet GynecoIn123(4):874, 2014


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Obstentrics_Williams. Anderson BL: Puerperal group A streptococcal infection: beyond Semmelweis. Obstet GynecoIn123(4):874, 2014 Anderson OJ, Sexton DJ, Kanafani ZA, et al: Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemioln28 (9):1047,n2007 Andrews W, Hauth Jc, Cliver SP, et al: Randomized clinical trial of extended spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis with coverage for Ureapasma ureayticum to reduce post-cesarean delivery endometritis. Obstet Gynecol 101: 1183, 2003 Andrews W, Shah SR, Goldenberg L, et al: Association of post-cesarean delivery endometritis with colonization of the chorioamnion by Ureaplasma ureayticum. Obstet Gynecol 85:509, 1995 Anteby EY, Yagel S, Hanoch J, et al: Puerperal and intrapartum group A streptococcal infection. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 7:276, 1999


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Obstentrics_Williams. Worley KC: Postoperative complications. In Yeomans ER, Hofman BL, Gilstrap LC III, et al (eds): Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3rd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill Education, 2017 Yildirim G, Gungorduk K, Asicioglu 0, et al: Does vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine prior to cesarean delivery reduce the risk of endometritis? A randomized controlled trial. ] Maten Fetal Neonatal Med 25(11):2316, 2012 INTRAUTERINE DEVICES ..n........................ 681 PROGESTIN IMPLANTS .n..............n............. 685 PROGESTIN-ONLY CONTRACEPTIVES .............n. 689 HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 BARRIER METHODS ............................. 693 FERTILITY AWARENESS-BASED METHODS .......... 695 SPERMICIDES ....n........n...........n.........n....... 695 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 PUERPERAL CONTRACEPTION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697


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Obstentrics_Williams. SPERMICIDES ....n........n...........n.........n....... 695 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 PUERPERAL CONTRACEPTION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 From the evidence available, it appears to be toleraby satiactoriy demonstrated that in women who copulate at requent intervals the tube must be regarded as a species of receptaculum seminis, in which spermatozoa are always present and waiting or the ovum, and that ertilization usualy occurs in the tubes and ony rarey in the uterus. -J. Whitridge Williams (1903) Nearly half of all pregnancies each year in the United States are unintended (Finer, 2016). hese may follow contraceptive method failure or stem from lack of contraceptive use. In 2011 to 2013, 7 percent of sexually active fertile women in the United States not pursuing pregnancy did not use any birth control method (Daniels, 2015).


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Obstentrics_Williams. TABLE 38-1. Contraceptive Failure Rates During the First Year of Method Use in Women in the United States Top Tier: Most Effective Intrauterine devices: Levonorgestrel system 0.2 0.2 T 380A copper 0.6 0.8 Levonorgestrel implants 0.05 0.05 Female sterilization 0.5 0.5 Male sterilization 0.1 0.1n5 Second Tier: Very Effective DMPA 0.2 6 Third Tier: Effective Diaphragm with spermicides 6 12 Fertility-awareness 24 Sym ptotherma I 0.4 Fourth Tier: Least Effective For those seeking contraception, efective contraceptive No contraception methods are available and variably selected (Table 38-1). With aMethods organized according to tiers of efficacy. these methods, estimated failure rates of perfect and typical use during the irst year difer widely. To reflect these failure WHO = World Health Organization. rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) has grouped Data from Trussell, 201n1 a.


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Obstentrics_Williams. WHO = World Health Organization. rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) has grouped Data from Trussell, 201n1 a. methods into eicacy tiers (see Table 38-1). Implants and intrauterine devices are found in the top tier. They efectively lower unintended pregnancy rates and are considered long-act ing reversible contraception (ARC). he American College tiers, recommends counseling on al options, and encourages highly efective LARC for appropriate candidates. No contraceptive method is completely without side efects, but contraception usually poses less risk than pregnancy.