MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Postpartum Period
Tree Number(s): G08.686.702
Unique ID: D049590
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049590
Annotation: human & animal; qualif permitted as for PREGNANCY; check the tag FEMALE: Manual 18.4.3; puerperal psychoses = PUERPERAL DISORDERS (IM) + PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (IM); "postpartum amenorrhea" is indexed under PUERPERIUM (IM) + AMENORRHEA (IM) & not LACTATION unless lactation is particularly discussed
Scope Note: In females, the period that is shortly after giving birth (PARTURITION).
Entry Term(s): Postpartum; Postpartum Women; Puerperium
Previous Indexing: Puerperium (1965-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see PUERPERIUM 1980-2004
History Note: 2005
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

radiation effects (RE)

urine (UR)

Postpartum Period MeSH Descriptor Data 2023