Florida Doulas' Perspectives on Their Role in Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Health Disparities.

Background: Maternal mortality rates continue to rise in the United States. Considerable racial disparities exist, as Black women face two to three times the risks of dying from pregnancy-related complications compared with white women. Doulas have been associated with improved maternal outcomes.

Postoperative Capnocytophaga Sputigena Presenting as Diffuse Recalcitrant Intra-abdominal Abscesses.

is rarely implicated as the cause of postsurgical intra-abdominal abscess because it is almost exclusively found in oral flora. Despite its rarity in intra-abdominal infection, there are examples of this atypical presentation, and an awareness of this organism as a potential etiology of surgical infection is relevant for both obstetric and general surgeons. We report a case of a young female who presented just over a week after an uncomplicated C-section with complaint of abdominal discomfort and fevers.