Acute infectious morbidity in multiple gestation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Physiologic and immunologic changes in pregnancy result in increased susceptibility to infection. These shifts are more pronounced in pregnancies complicated by multiple gestation. The objective of this study was to determine the association between multiple gestation and risk of infectious morbidity.

Study design

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2008-2010 was used to identify pregnant women during admission for delivery with International Classification of Diseases codes. Logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for demographic data, preexisting medical conditions, and acute medical and infectious complications for women with multiple versus singleton gestations.

Results

Among women with multiple gestati

SUBMITTER: Dotters-Katz SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313678 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature