TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 10. The Normal Puerperium
A1  - Pessel, Caroline
A1  - Tsai, Ming C.
A2  - DeCherney, Alan H.
A2  - Nathan, Lauren
A2  - Laufer, Neri
A2  - Roman, Ashley S.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11e
AB  - The  puerperium,  or  postpartum  period,  generally  lasts  6  weeks  and  is  the  period  of  adjustment  after  delivery  when  the  anatomic  and  physiologic  changes  of  pregnancy  are  reversed,  and  the  body  returns  to  the  normal,  nonpregnant  state.  The  postpartum  period  has  been  arbitrarily  divided  into  the  immediate  puerperium,  or  the  first  24  hours  after  parturition,  when  acute  postanesthetic  or  postdelivery  complications  may  occur;  the  early  puerperium,  which  extends  until  the  first  week  postpartum;  and  the  remote  puerperium,  which  includes  the  period  of  time  required  for  involution  of  the  genital  organs  and  return  of  menses,  usually  approximately  6  weeks.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56965241
ER  -