Medical and infectious complications associated with pyelonephritis among pregnant women at delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pyelonephritis is a common cause of antepartum admission and maternal morbidity. Medical complications associated with pyelonephritis during delivery are not well described; thus the objective of this study was to estimate medical, infectious, and obstetric complications associated with pyelonephritis during the delivery admission.

Study design

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for the years 2008-2010. The NIS was queried for all delivery-related discharges. During the delivery admission, the ICD-9-CM codes for pyelonephritis were used to identify cases and were compared to women without pyelonephritis. A multivariable logistic regression model was constructed for various medical, infectious, and obstetric complic

SUBMITTER: Dotters-Katz SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3804393 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature