Incidence and etiology of postcesarean section morbity

RESUMO

In view of the different concepts found in the literature regarding puerperal febrile morbidity we performed a prospective study in order to observe the incidence of postcesarean section febrile morbidity in the Hospital Säo Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, as well as to identify the puerperal febrile pathologies involved. Postcesarean section febrile morbidity was observed in 13.07 per cent on the puerperae. Infection of the surgical wound, present in 67.1 per cent of the febrile cases, was the most frequent pathology. Puerperal infection was the second most common cause (24.3 per cent)