"Postpartum Period" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
In females, the period that is shortly after giving birth (PARTURITION).
| Descriptor ID |
D049590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.702
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Postpartum Period".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Postpartum Period".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Postpartum Period" by people in this website by year, and whether "Postpartum Period" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| 2013 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 2014 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 2015 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 2016 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 2017 | 16 | 28 | 44 |
| 2018 | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| 2019 | 15 | 33 | 48 |
| 2020 | 13 | 36 | 49 |
| 2021 | 10 | 46 | 56 |
| 2022 | 6 | 39 | 45 |
| 2023 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 2024 | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Postpartum Period" by people in Profiles.
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Preliminary impact of an mHealth education and social support intervention on maternal health knowledge and outcomes among postpartum mothers in Punjab, India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Mar 05; 25(1):239.
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Hypertension in Pregnancy and Postpartum: Current Standards and Opportunities to Improve Care. Circulation. 2025 Feb 18; 151(7):490-507.
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Cholecystectomy-induced thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in a postpartum patient successfully treated with eculizumab: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2024 Dec 26; 18(1):610.
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Lessons from Maternal Mortality Reviews. How Addiction Care Providers can help improve Outcomes for Pregnant, Postpartum, and Parenting people. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(3):446-451.
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Association of Postpartum Temperature Exposure with Postpartum Depression: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Southern California. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Nov; 132(11):117004.
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Initiation and continued use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa (PrEP-PP): a demonstration cohort study. Lancet HIV. 2024 Nov; 11(11):e746-e755.
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A Tailored Postpartum eHealth Physical Activity Intervention for Individuals at High Risk of Postpartum Depression-the POstpartum Wellness Study (POW): Protocol and Data Overview for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 29; 13:e56882.
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Incidence of the postpartum diagnosis of thyroid eye disease in relation to thyroid function in Graves' disease. Endocr J. 2025 Jan 06; 72(1):103-113.
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Antihypertensive therapy and unplanned maternal postpartum healthcare utilization in patients with mild chronic hypertension. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 Dec; 6(12):101525.
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Postpartum Blood Pressure Variability and Heart Rate Variability in Preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2024 Dec; 81(12):2510-2519.