Sepsis and Septic Shock in Pregnancy - Children's Memorial ...
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Maternal mortality, 1842“It is not by chance that a s<strong>in</strong>gle obstetrician has 16fatal cases <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle month - I can only dispel thesadness which falls upon me by gaz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to thathappy future when the <strong>in</strong>fection will be banished”Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865)1840’s:Ly<strong>in</strong>g-<strong>in</strong> HospitalViennaDivided <strong>in</strong>to two cl<strong>in</strong>icsalternat<strong>in</strong>gadmissionsevery 24 hours:1. First Cl<strong>in</strong>ic: Doctors<strong>and</strong> medical studentsdidautopsies betweendeliveries2. Second Cl<strong>in</strong>ic:Midwives-came <strong>in</strong> offthe street to deliverworegloves outside16141210- Circa 18588642016%First Cl<strong>in</strong>ic7%SecondCl<strong>in</strong>icObserved: Doctors’ h<strong>and</strong>s smelled like corpses(putrefied) but not midwifes; death rate went downwhen students on vacation- no autopsies