Pregnancy-Associated Severe Sepsis: Contemporary State and Future Challenges.

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of infection related to its associated mechanical and physiological changes. Sepsis remains among the top causes of maternal death worldwide and is associated with substantial maternal morbidity. However, there are sparse data on pregnancy-associated severe sepsis (PASS), related in part to infrequent reports, varying case definitions and methodological approach, small cohort size, and often limited focus on severe sepsis in selected phases of pregnancy outcomes. Available reports vary, but indicate that PASS is a rare but likely increasing complication, and it is more likely to develop with increased maternal age, among minority women, the poor, those lacking health insurance, those with chronic illness or pregnancy-associated complications,

SUBMITTER: Oud L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269633 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature