Open AccessOn the danger of internal examination in childbirth. Oestberg (on ref. in Zentr. f. Gyn., 1924, no. 39)
Publication year - 1925
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80230
Subject(s) - medicine , rectal examination , childbirth , obstetrics , presentation (obstetrics) , physical examination , gynecology , pelvic examination , pregnancy , surgery , prostate cancer , cancer , biology , genetics
The author reports that per 2,000 spontaneous deliveries in the cervical presentation where sleeve examination was performed, postpartum fever was observed 209 times, per the same number of deliveries where rectal examination was used -211 times, and per 2,000 deliveries where no internal examination was performed, fever was r.r. 206 laboring women.