Contemporary Trends of Reported Sepsis Among Maternal Decedents in Texas: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Recent studies indicate that death certificate-based single-cause-of-death diagnoses can substantially underestimate the contribution of sepsis to mortality in the general population and among maternal decedents. There are no population-based data in the United States on the patterns of the contribution of sepsis to pregnancy-associated deaths. METHODS:We studied the Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File to identify pregnancy-associated hospitalizations with reported hospital death during 2001-2010. We then examined the annual reporting of sepsis, and that of other reported most common causes of maternal death, including hemorrhage, embolism, preeclampsia/eclampsia, cardiovascular conditions, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular accidents, and anesthesia complications. The annual ra

SUBMITTER: Oud L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575290 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature