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  • adjective That occurs around the time of childbirth (typically, a few weeks before or after)

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Examples

  • Doctors later determined Tanya was suffering from a mysterious condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy.

    ABC News: ABCNews 2009

  • Route of delivery as a risk factor for emergent peripartum hysterectomy: A case-control study.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • Incidence and determinants of peripartum hysterectomy.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • Richard had somehow developed a rare and mysterious form of heart failure called peripartum cardiomyopathy, which strikes pregnant women.

    Rare heart condition hits moms-to-be 2008

  • In 2000, the NHLBI did its best to describe peripartum cardiomyopathy despite the information vacuum.

    Rare heart condition hits moms-to-be 2008

  • Mothers do die peripartum even in the best of hospitals.

    Hospital Says Story Told By Hillary Is False 2009

  • But, homicide is the leading cause of death overall for pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, peripartum and postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide.

    december 6: day of remembrance and action on violence against women 2008

  • But, homicide is the leading cause of death overall for pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, peripartum and postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide.

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  • To prepare for this latest assignment, Franco plans to audit three years' worth of courses in two weeks at the Columbia School of Journalism, in-between updating an article about anti-retroviral treatment for children with peripartum neviparine exposure for

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Spencer Green 2011

  • Explain that a single-center study found black women had nearly a 16-fold increased risk of peripartum cardiomyopathy compared with healthy matched controls.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

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