Caesarean wound care for midwives

dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Margaret M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-16T09:12:55Z
dc.date.available2016-06-16T09:12:55Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.date.updated2014-03-06T11:16:56Z
dc.description.abstractWith a rise in caesarean births there is a rise in wound care management issues for midwives and the potential for surgical site infections (SSIs). The burden of SSIs include increases in maternal mortality, morbidity, length of hospital stay and cost. Sepsis is currently the leading cause of maternal mortality, with 50 per cent of the women who die having had a caesarean birth (Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) 2011). Wound management and the prevention of sepsis are therefore issues of great concern to midwives. This article considers the incidence of wound infections and presents the guidance available to help address this problem.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMurphy, M. (2013) 'Caesarean wound care for midwives', The Practising Midwife, 16 (9), pp. 27-29.en
dc.identifier.endpage29en
dc.identifier.issn1461-3123
dc.identifier.issued9en
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Practising Midwifeen
dc.identifier.startpage27en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2749
dc.identifier.volume16en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMedical Education Solutions Ltden
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mesl/tpm
dc.rights© 2013, Medical Education Solutions Ltden
dc.subjectWound infectionen
dc.subjectCaesareanen
dc.subjectSurgical site infectionen
dc.subjectGuidanceen
dc.titleCaesarean wound care for midwivesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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